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> [Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/of-joys-departed-not-to-return-how-painful-the-remembrance/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

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## More by Robert Blair

> [Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/friendship-mysterious-cement-of-the-soul-sweet-ner-of-life-and-solder/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/the-grave-dread-thing-men-shiver-when-thou-rt-named-nature-appalled/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/the-best-concerted-schemes-men-lay-for-fame-die-fast-away-only/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/how-blunt-are-all-the-arrows-of-thy-quiver-in-comparison-with-those/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/action-so-to-speak-is-the-genius-of-nature/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [But if there be an hereafter,And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'dAnd suffer'd to speak out, tells every man,Then must it be an awful thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/but-if-there-be-an-hereafter-and-that-there-is-conscience-uninfluenc/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/of-joys-departed-not-to-return-how-painful-the-remembrance/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top Has wounded the thick cloud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/the-tap-ring-pyramid-the-egyptian-s-pride-and-wonder-of-the-world/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we calmly wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/our-time-is-fixed-and-all-our-days-are-number-d-how-long-how-short-we/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [When it draws near to witching time of night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/when-it-draws-near-to-witching-time-of-night/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [That discipline which corrects the eagerness of worldly passions, which fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, which enlightens the mind with useful knowledge, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/that-discipline-which-corrects-the-eagerness-of-worldly-passions/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/affectation-is-certain-deformity-by-forming-themselves-on-fantastic/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [The common damn'd shun their society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/the-common-damn-d-shun-their-society/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that point, begins to verge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/throughout-the-whole-vegetable-sensible-and-rational-world-whatever/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

> [Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-blair/industry-is-not-only-the-instrument-of-improvement-but-the-foundation/)

[Robert Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-blair/)

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