155 Quotes by Robert Southey

With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide,And many a childing mother then, And new-born infant, died.But things like that, you know, must beAt every famous victory.They say it was a shocking sight, After the field was won,For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun;But things like that, you know, must beAfter a famous victory.

Indragostita de propria-i nenorocire

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

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.

How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven.

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

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

They sin who tell us Love can die: With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity, In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell.

The history of any private family, however humble, could it be fully related for five or six generations, would illustrate the state and progress of society better than the most elaborate dissertation.