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• I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing
  But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!...
• The fear o' hell 's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in orde
  But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border....
• Life! we 've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weathe
  'T is hard to part when friends are dear,-- Perhaps 't will cost a sigh, a tea...
• An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!
  -- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- Epistle to a Young Friend...
• And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did the adviser!
  -- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- Epistle to a Young Friend...
• Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon.
  -- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- Epistle to a Young Friend...
• But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vai
  The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain For promised joy....
• For life, with all it yields of joy and woe, And hope and fear (believe the aged friend), Is just our chance o' the prize of learning love,-- How love might be, hath been indeed, and is.
  -- Robert Browning (1812-1890) -- A Death in the Dese...
• Th' adorning thee with so much art Is but a barb'rous skill
  'T is like the pois'ning of a dart, Too apt before to kill....