What did Robert Burns mean by: How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. Robert Burns Poet · Scotland Copy
+ Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Enjoyment, Ephemerality, Loss, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Beauty, Devotion, Love, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Escape, Longing, Nature, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Desire, Inspiration, Knowledge, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ Yon rosebuds in the morning-dew, how pure amang the leaves sae green! Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Beauty, Nature, Purity, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Contentment, Family, Happiness, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Exploration, Friendship, Loneliness, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
+ The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Burns, Beauty, Morning, Nature, 0 Robert Burns Poet · Scotland
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
