The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy.
-- Robert Burns, To a Mouse
Gang aft a-gley;
And leave us naught but grief and pain
For promised joy.
-- Robert Burns, To a Mouse
Related:
- But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
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Blair's... - The best laid plans of mice and men are held up in
the legal department... - Blair's Observation:
The best laid plans of mice and men are usually about... - The best-laid plans of mice and men ...
are filed away somewhere... - The best laid plans of mice and men so often go
astray... - The best laid plans of mice and men are usually about
equal. --... - The best laid plans of mice and men
often go... - My best-laid plans have gang agley!
-- Sideshow Bob,
poetic to the end, "The Return of Sideshow...
From the same category:
- Never pay a compliment as if expecting a
receipt... - What is your name? What is your quest?...
What is your favorite color... - Star Trek V
Shat... - Loud speech, profusion of words and possessing skillfulness in
expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned.
They do not lead to liberation. --... - A man is as old as he feels.
But never as important...
