Quotes by : Robert Southey

Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their....

As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

Live as long as you may the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment.

What will not woman gentle woman dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Is but the threshold of eternity.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded....

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

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