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~ Robert Southey Quotes ~
« on: August 30, 2015, 10:40:25 AM »
Robert Southey Quotes


An English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843.
Robert Southey (12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse enjoys enduring popularity.

Here are some famous quotes by Robert Southey.




Is but the threshold of eternity.
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It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment.
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2015, 10:41:27 AM »
A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.
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As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2015, 10:42:26 AM »
What will not woman gentle woman dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up?
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2015, 10:42:55 AM »
Live as long as you may the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2015, 10:43:25 AM »
It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2015, 10:44:29 AM »
Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe; But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2015, 10:44:58 AM »
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2015, 10:45:23 AM »
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
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