Quotes by Southey, Robert

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes >>

It is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the >>

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

Quotations about Appearance

'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indicatio >>

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they gre >>

Appearance rules the world. >>

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.

Southey, Robert