Allan Ramsay (poet)

Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686 – 7 January 1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh.

A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1914)

 * W. Guerney Benham, A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1914), p. 262


 * Let fowk bode weel, and strive to do their best; Nae mair's required—let Heaven make out the rest.
 * The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.


 * A bleezing ingle, and a clean hearthstane.
 * The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.


 * A dish of married love right soon grows cauld.
 * The Gentle Shepherd. Act 1, 2.


 * You have sae saft a voice and slid a tongue, You are the darling of baith auld and young.
 * Eclogue.


 * For when I dinna clearly see, I always own I dinna ken, And that's the way with wisest men.
 * Eclogue.