Quote #53
Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair.
More from Robert Burns
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- Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
- 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.
- Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae farewell, alas, forever!
- The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. For a' that an a' that.
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