Robert Burns citáty

„Je lépe v lásce rázem zklamat, než ji dlouho předstírat.“

„Láska je pohádka života - s tím rozdílem, že nemívá vždy šťastný konec.“

„První podmínkou lásky k ženě je souhlasit s jejíma očima.“

„Neláska je beztrestná, a přece zasluhuje nejhoršího opovržení.“

„Lidská srdce mnoho snese, když, byť raněno, přece nevykrvácí.“

„Jen láskou se možno mstít za způsobené bezpráví.“

„Příběh o Wallaceovi vliv do mých žil skotskou zaujatost, a ta v nich bude vřít, dokud se stavidla života nezavřou ve věčném odpočinku.“

„Hlupák, neznalý lásky, je hoden politování.“

“But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love forever.”

“It's hardly in a body's pow'r,
To keep, at times, frae being sour.”

“We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since days of long ago.”

“Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks
To murder men and gie God thanks
Desist for shame, proceed no further
God won't accept your thanks for murder.”

“My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.”

“The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley”

“Some hae meat and cann eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.”

“But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.”

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”

“Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met -- or never parted --
we had ne'er been broken-hearted”

“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley.
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!”

“My heart is sair-I dare na tell,
My heart is sair for Somebody.”

“Gin a body meet a body
Coming thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body—
Need a body cry?”

“Not the bee upon the blossom,
In the pride o' sunny noon;
Not the little sporting fairy,
All beneath the simmer moon;
Not the poet, in the moment
Fancy lightens in his e'e,
Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture,
That thy presence gi'es to me.”

“Some books are lies frae end to end,
And some great lies were never penn'd…”

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min'?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' auld lang syne?”

“Oh would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us.”

“Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”

“Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns”

“Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn,
That while a lassie she had worn,
In longitude tho' sorely scanty,
It was her best, and she was vauntie.”

“What 's done we partly may compute,
But know not what 's resisted.”

“As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.”

“While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.”

“Drumossie moor — Drumossie day —
A waefu' day it was to me!
For there I lost my father dear,
My father dear, and brethren three.”

“She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo'esome wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.”

“Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.”

“Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow—
Let us do or die!”

“An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange
For Deity offended.”

“When chill November's surly blast
Made fields and forests bare.”