Firmness, both in sufferance and exertion, is a character which I would wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and the cowardly, feeble resolve.
Wisdom
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Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Wisdom
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!
Life
O my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune.
Wisdom
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy.
Happiness
But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed.
Wisdom
O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!
Wisdom