"The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling,……" — Robert Southey
"The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory"
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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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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is…
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that…
— Wilford Brimley
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the…
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The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not…
— Michael Chertoff
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I am poor and feeble, persecuted and vulnerable, Yeshua conquered me, and with the New Man he honored me, He…
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With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but…
— Unknown Author
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Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like…
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