Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 January 1759
laughter please-me laughing
I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
integrity mean promise
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
determination character adversity
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
kissing body needs
Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?
broken forever sae
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou'd sae kindly, Had we never lou'd sae blindly, Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted
struggle mind offensive
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
honesty ethics being-honest
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
rocks balance weight
Burns' Hog-Weighing Method: (1) Get a perfectly symmetrical plank and balance it across a sawhorse. (2) Put the hog on one end of the plank. (3) Pile rocks on the other end until the plank is again perfectly balanced. (4) Carefully guess the weight of the rocks.
disappointment anxiety suspense
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
hope spring wings
Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
wisdom self roots
Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
kissing snow first-kiss
Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.
flower violet snowdrops
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
nature law looks
Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.