"The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only……" — Robert Southey
"The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix."
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Robert Southey
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69 Quotes by Robert Southey
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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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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
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That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a…
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All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The…
— Charles A. Beard
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
— Muhammad Ali
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The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
— Emily Dickinson
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According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring…
— Unknown Author
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Like the bee its sting, the promiscuous leave behind them in each encounter something of themselves by which they are…
— Cyril Connolly
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The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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