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There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.
Robert Burns
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"There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love."
— Robert Burns

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There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love. — Robert Burns

About Robert Burns

Robert Burns was a Poet from Kingdom of Great Britain (1759–1796).

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This quote is attributed to Robert Burns, a Poet from Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Robert Burns lived from 1759 – 1796.