All Robert Southey Quotes
- What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads. Blockheads
- If you would be pungent, be brief. Brief
- It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. Absolute
- The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix. Bee
- One fault begets another; one crime renders another necessary. Another Necessary
- They who once engage in iniquitous designs miserably deceive themselves when they think that they will go so far and no farther; one fault begets… Another Necessary
- O Reader! hast thou eer stood to see The Holly-tree? The eye that contemplates it well perceies Its glossy leaes Ordered by an Intelligence so… Atheist
- And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green, The Holly leaes a sober hue display Less bright than they, But… All
- How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven. Air
- For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities,… Ashamed
- No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Cute Friend
- All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things. All
- 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. Anguish
- 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… Becomes
- A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden. Animal
- It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. Been
- Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book. Book
- Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. They appear so while they are passing; they… All
- It is with words as with sunbeams-the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Burn
- 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… Accompanied