155 Quotes by Robert Southey

They sin who tell us love can die; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. . . . . . Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth. . . . . . It soweth here with toil and care, But the harvest-time of love is there.

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.

Thou hast been called, O Sleep! The friend of woe; But 'tis the happy that have called thee so

There are three things that ought to be considered before some things are spoken: the manner, the place, and the time