Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
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A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happinessRobert Southey
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 In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night.
Robert Southey
A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.
Robert Southey
Such love of all our virtues is the gem We bring with us the immortal seed at birth Of heaven it is, and heavenly woe to them Who make it wholly earthly and of earth.
Robert Southey
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.
Robert Southey
Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue.
Robert Southey
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