English - Poet | August 12, 1774 - March 21, 1843
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Robert Southey
FriendshipTimeWorthPlaceDistance
A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.
PetAnimalWorldGardenKitten
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.
FriendTimeSympathyLossMayLike
It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
WordsBurnMoreDeeperCondensed
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.
GoodSoulManEvilEndNever
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.
StepMindImpossibleFirst StepWish
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
LifeWordsLiePracticeNothing
How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
SeeFrameLittleSeemsWhoHow
Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.
LoveLiveI AmDieBreatheWhere
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
WordsYouBurnMoreWouldDeeper
What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?
WomanStrongAffectionWillSpirit
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.
HealthPeaceCityMindBodyHouse
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