Robert Southey
Poet
1774-08-12
Quotes by Robert Southey
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Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)
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Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)
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The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.
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To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.
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Our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better. We have all of us a longing after happiness; and surely the Creator will gratify all the natural desires He has implanted in us.
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In the days of my youth I remembered my God! And He hath not forgotten my age.
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It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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There is healing in the bitter cup.
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Call not that man wretched, who, whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.
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My name is Death: the last best friend am I.
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As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.
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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
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Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.
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It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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What will not woman, gentle woman dare, When strong affection stirs her spirit up?
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