"Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve."

Burns, Robert · Determination · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/10809/">Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/determination/">Determination</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful."

Burns, Robert · Favors · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/14672/">How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/favors/">Favors</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces."

Burns, Robert · Grace · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/17727/">Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/grace/">Grace</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met -- or never parted -- we had never been broken-hearted."

Burns, Robert · Heartbreak · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/18844/">Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met -- or never parted -- we had never been broken-hearted..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/heartbreak/">Heartbreak</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Dare to be honest and fear no labor."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/19276/">Dare to be honest and fear no labor..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/honesty/">Honesty</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/21947/">The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/kindness/">Kindness</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration."

Burns, Robert · Laughter · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/22470/">I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/laughter/">Laughter</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Suspense is worst than disappointment."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/2630/">Suspense is worst than disappointment..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/anxiety/">Anxiety</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence."

Burns, Robert · Quotations · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/33420/">I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/quotations/">Quotations</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare."

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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/35306/">When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1170/">Burns, Robert</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/seasons/">Seasons</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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