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Robert Burns Quotes about Honesty

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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Robert Burns
Honesty, Ethics, Being Honest
Robert Burns, James Currie, Robert Hartley Cromek (1839). “The prose works of Robert Burns: with the notes of Currie and Cromek, and many by the present editor”, p.57

The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!

Robert Burns
Kings, Honesty, Men
Song: A Man's A Man For A' That

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.

Robert Burns
Wise, Honesty, Blue
Robert Burns, Gilbert BURNS, Allan Cunningham (1840). “The Works of Robert Burns. With Life by Allan Cunningham, and Notes by Gilbert Burns [and Others], Etc. [With a Portrait and Facsimiles.]”, p.436

A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! . . . Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's comin' yet, for a' that, When man to man, the world o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that.

Robert Burns
Faith, Honesty, Men
Robert Burns, James Currie (1848). “The Complete Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry”, p.542

From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."

Robert Burns
Kings, Honesty, Spring
'The Cotter's Saturday Night' (1786) st. 19.

For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!"

Robert Burns
Nature, Honesty, Men
'To the same' [John Lapraik] st. 15

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