"For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition……" — Robert Southey
"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, which are not always forgiven after he has repented and become ashamed of them."
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Robert Southey
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69 Quotes by Robert Southey
Robert Southey has 69 quotes on this site.
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There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never…
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I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they…
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It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks…
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Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and…
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And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth…
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By writing much, one learns to write well.
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I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this…
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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.
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Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
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Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of…
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My name is Death: the last best friend am I.
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Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the…
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Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is…
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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.
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I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough.…
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'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer…
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It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter.
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I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man…
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Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to…
— Jacob Bronowski
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When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be…
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take…
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