7 Robert Burns Quotes on Truth

Robert Burns quotes on truth

8. From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.'

9. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

10. The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan, And none but he!

20. I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing: But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!

25. Some books are lies frae end to end.

50. 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.

79. It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true, It's guid to support Caledonia's cause And bide by the buff and the blue.