Robert Southey Quotes

A collection of quotes by Robert Southey.

Robert Southey (1774-1843) was an English poet and writer. Known for his prolific output and versatility, Southey wrote in a variety of genres, including poetry, biographies, histories, and literary criticism. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1813, succeeding his friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and held the position until his death. Southey's most famous works include "Thalaba the Destroyer" and "The Curse of Kehama." He was a prominent figure in the Romantic literary movement and played a role in shaping the cultural and literary landscape of his time.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live Not where I lo

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

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passi

They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity.

Life Love Sin

The arts babblative and scribblative.

The arts babblative and scribblative.

Art

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal th

The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.

Time

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the gar

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

Pet

It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are conde

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

Words

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his specta

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.

Appearance

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

Organization

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I l

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

Life

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good Go

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

Justice

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as w

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

Brevity

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgme

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

Appearance

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affectio

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Love

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

Ambition

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is bor

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

Dreams

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friends

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

Friends

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else b

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

Deception/lying