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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 Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. Quote Right
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Quote Left If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Quote Right
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Quote Left A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will, which, if well disposed, will by degrees perfect it, as if all disposed will quickly deface it. Quote Right
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Quote Left Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things. Quote Right
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Quote Left To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things