A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge... by Robert Southey

A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness

Robert Southey

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What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection sti... by Robert Southey

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

strong spirit love

Cupid "the little greatest god." by Robert Southey

Cupid "the little greatest god."

cupid littles life

Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the h... by Robert Southey

Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the happy that have called thee so.

woe sleep friendship

I have heard a good story of Charles Fox. When his house was on fire, he found all efforts to save it useless, and, being a good draughtsman, he went up to the next hill to make a drawing of the fire,--the best instance of philosophy I ever heard of.

drawing fire philosophy

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, wh... by Robert Southey

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

trials love men

The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.

ruins intelligence progress

Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book. by Robert Southey

Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.

giving book rooms

Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.

dangerous unhappy religion

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

good-intentions hell heaven

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best. by Robert Southey

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.

care littles looks

The true one of youth's love, proving a faithful helpmate in those years when the dream of life is over, and we live in its realities.

dream love reality

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

nature dream men

Faith in the hereafter is as necessary for the intellectual as the moral character; and to the man of letters, as well as to the Christian, the present forms but the slightest portion of his existence.

christian character men

Beasts, birds, and insects, even to the minutest and meanest of their kind, act with the unerring providence of instinct; man, the while, who possesses a higher faculty, abuses it, and therefore goes blundering on.

Ye who dwell at home, by Robert Southey

Ye who dwell at home,

terror knows home

My name is Death: the last best friend am I. by Robert Southey

My name is Death: the last best friend am I.

lasts names death

If you would be pungent, be brief. by Robert Southey

If you would be pungent, be brief.

There was a time when I believed in the persuadability of man, and had the mania of man-mending. Experience has taught me better. The ablest physician can do little in the great lazar-house of society. He acts the wisest part who retires from the contagion.

physicians house men

I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this matter I cannot say, "Lord help my unbelief."

forgive-me forgiving believe