"It is with words as with sunbeams-the more……" — Robert Southey

"It is with words as with sunbeams-the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."

— Robert Southey

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69 Quotes by Robert Southey

Robert Southey has 69 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never…
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they…
It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks…
Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and…
And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth…
By writing much, one learns to write well.
I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this…
Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of…
My name is Death: the last best friend am I.
Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the…

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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' — Sarah Bernhardt
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. — Alexander Graham Bell
If you love god, burn a church. — Jello Biafra
I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene. — Emily Blunt
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. — Ray Bradbury
Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. — Mel Brooks
The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks… — Robert Browning
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but… — William Jennings Bryan
You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored. — Cliff Burton
I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they… — Jason Aldean

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