Quote #49
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. For a' that an a' that.
More from Robert Burns
- Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow- Let us do or die!
- A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that.
- Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed Or to Victorie! Now's the day, and now's the hou…
- For a' that and a' that, It's coming yet, for a' that, That man to man the world o'er Shall brothers be for a' that.
- O Mary, at thy window be! It is the wished, the trysted hour.
- Oh, my Luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O, my Luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune.
- 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.
- Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair.