It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.
More Quotes from Robert Southey:
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 brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.Robert Southey
My days among the dead are passed Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.
Robert Southey
He passed a cottage with a double coach-house, A cottage of gentility And he owned with a grin That his favourite sin Is pride that apes humility.
Robert Southey
Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.
Robert Southey
The Satanic school.
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Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight.
Robert Southey
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