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Quotation from A Man’s a Man for A’ That by Robert Burns
“The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The Man’s the gowd for a’ that.”
A Man’s a Man for A’ That, Stanza 1 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement))
Rank is only the image stamped on the coin; the person is the gold itself.
Citation: "The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, The Man’s the gowd for a’ that." — Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for A’ That, Stanza 1 (Gutenberg #1279: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns (chronological arrangement)). (id a-mans-a-man-for-a-that-q1)
