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Robert Southey

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Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet. One of the "Lake Poets"; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1813–1843.


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Quote Left Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. Quote Right
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Quote Left Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live Not where I love, but where I am, I die. Quote Right
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Quote Left Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you; however innocent it may be in itself. Quote Right
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Quote Left Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. Quote Right
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Quote Left Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. Quote Right
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