"The seven wise men of Greece, so famous……" — Robert South
"The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words."
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33 Quotes by Robert South
Robert South has 33 quotes on this site.
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There is not the least flower but seems to hold up its head, and to look pleasantly, in the secret…
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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
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Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not…
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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.
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In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the…
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He that tears away a man's good name tears his flesh from his bones, and, by letting him live, gives…
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Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that…
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Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and…
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Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to…
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An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
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He that despairs measures Providence by his own little contracted model and limits infinite power to finite apprehensions.
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Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.
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More Acquired Quotes
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
— Karen Armstrong
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something…
— Franklin P. Adams
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The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first…
— H. Rap Brown
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Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly…
— Smedley Butler
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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
— A. S. Byatt
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
— Willa Cather
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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
— Lord Chesterfield
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired…
— Kate Chopin
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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
— Emile M. Cioran
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