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
disappointment suspense worst
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
silence motto
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
stupid drinking men
I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.
lying liberty painting
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
wise honesty scotland
It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
thrill woe pleasure
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
faith heart kind
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
men guinea stamps
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.
quitting hundred officers
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
men done vain
Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
atheist laughter laughing
An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!
laughter laughing ready
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
lying book ends
Some books are lies frae end to end.
feelings hazards sin
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!