All Robert Southey Quotes
- 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
- Cupid "the little greatest god." Cupid
- Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on… Certain
- Whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you, however, innocent it may be in itself. Authority
- Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. Age
- How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems. Frame
- If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Brief
- They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity. All
- Without a heart I can never really know what it would be like to love someone, or ever really understand trashy novels. Cute Friendship
- There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits Beyond