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Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly dear.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: Address to Unco Guid
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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: Man Was Made to Mourn
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: Tam o' Shanter (l. 105)
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Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: Whistle, and I'll Come to You (act IV, sc. 4)
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Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy, a proverb quoted by him in the introduction
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy (pt. I, sc. II, memb. 2, subsect. 3)
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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy (pt. III, sec. I, memb. 3)
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Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy (pt. III, sect. II, memb. 3)
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Penny wise, pound foolish.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35)
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A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35)
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Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35)
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Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35)
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I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader (p. 35)
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