Robert Burns Quotes About Grief

Quotes about: Grief

• The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

  Robert Burns

  Pain, Disappointment, Grief

• But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

  Robert Burns

  Art, Pain, Philosophical

  Robert Burns (2009). “The Best Laid Schemes: Selected Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns”, p.48, Princeton University Press

• But little Mouse, you are not alone,
  In proving foresight may be vain:
  The best laid schemes of mice and men
  Go often askew,
  And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
  For promised joy!
  Still you are blest, compared with me!

  Robert Burns

  Pain, Grief, Men

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin