Facts about Robert Burns

Occup.Poet
FromScotland
BornJanuary 25, 1759
DiedJuly 21, 1796
Aged37 years

Summary

Robert Burns was a famous Poet from Scotland, who lived between January 25, 1759 and July 21, 1796. He/she became only 37 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Robert.

Related authors: Ken Burns (Director), James Hogg (Poet)

15 Famous quotes by Robert Burns

Small: There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing
"There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing"
Small: The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend
"The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend"
Small: The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o the morn
"The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn"
Small: Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects
"Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects"
Small: Suspense is worse than disappointment
"Suspense is worse than disappointment"
Small: Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings
"Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings"
Small: Mans inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
"Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!"
Small: Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!
"Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!"
Small: I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid
"I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence"
Small: His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar
"His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar"
Small: Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the w
"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"
Small: Dare to be honest and fear no labor
"Dare to be honest and fear no labor"
Small: Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame
"Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame"
Small: And there begins a lang digression about the lords o the creation
"And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation"
Small: Afflictions sons are brothers in distress A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
"Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!"