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Quote by Robert Southey

“Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root!”

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Robert Southey, born on August 12, 1774, and died on March 21, 1843, was an influential English Romantic poet. Known for his poetry and literary criticism, Southey is considered one of the significant figures in the history of English literature. more

“War, even in the best state of an army, with all the alleviations of courtesy and honor, with all the correctives of morality and religion, is nevertheless so great an evil, that to engage in it without a clear necessity is a crime of the blackest dye. When the necessity is clear, it then becomes a crime to shrink from it.”

War States Evil Clear Crime Honor Morality Army Nevertheless Shrinks Courtesy Morality And Religion

Author:Robert Southey

“Happy those Who in the after-days shall live, when Time Hath spoken, and the multitude of years Taught wisdom to mankind!”

Years Wisdom Mankind Taught Multitudes

Book:The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume

Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Complete in One Volume

“A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved for it; but be sure no man was ever discontented with the world who did his duty in it.”

Men World May Wise Duty Angry Good Man

Book:The life and correspondence of Robert Southey. Ed. by C.C. Southey

Source: The life and correspondence of Robert Southey. Ed. by C.C. Southey

“I can remember, with unsteady feet, Tottering from room to room, and finding pleasure In flowers, and toys, and sweetmeats, things which long Have lost their power to please; which when I see them, Raise only now a melancholy wish I were the little trifler once again, Who could be pleas'd so lightly.”

Littles Long I Can Remember Lost Wish Pleasure Rooms Feet Youth Flower Please Findings Raises Melancholy Toys

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey, LL. D. (later Poet Laureate.)

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey, LL. D. (later Poet Laureate.)

“A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make a life with and write more than a line about, you write a whole book.”

Writing Firsts Book Whole Song Lines Love Is True Love True Love Is Hay

Book:Love Me

Source: Love Me

“Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.”

Years Problem Opportunity Achievement Years Ago Overcoming Manhood

Book:Lake Wobegon Days

Source: Lake Wobegon Days

“The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants.”

Men Want Can Do Worst Worst Things

Author:Mark Twain

“I have no urns, no dusty monuments; No broken images of ancestors, Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales Of long descents, to boast false honors from.”

Long Broken Honor Ears Tales Noses Ancestor Boast Monument Ancestry Descent Forged Broken Images

Book:The Complete Plays: The alchemist. Catline, his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair. The devil is an ass. The staple of news. The new inn; or, The light heart. The magnetic lady; or, Humours reconciled. A tale of a tub. The sad shepard; or, A tale of Robin Hood. The case is altered. Glossary

Source: The Complete Plays: The alchemist. Catline, his conspiracy. Bartholomew Fair. The devil is an ass. The staple of news. The new inn; or, The light heart. The magnetic lady; or, Humours reconciled. A tale of a tub. The sad shepard; or, A tale of Robin Hood. The case is altered. Glossary

“Let argument bear no unmusical sound.”

Sound Bears Argument

Book:Poetical Works of Ben Jonson

Source: Poetical Works of Ben Jonson

“There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have no power Of equal habitude to apprehend it?”

Real Virtue Effects Equal Goodness Virtuous Spices Benevolence Bounty

Book:Poetaster, Or, The Arraignment: Sejanus His Fall ; The Devil is an Ass ; The New Inn, Or, The Light Heart

Source: Poetaster, Or, The Arraignment: Sejanus His Fall ; The Devil is an Ass ; The New Inn, Or, The Light Heart

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