Author: Robert South

Quotes

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

- Robert South

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

- Robert South

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

- Robert South

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

- Robert South

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

- Robert South

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

- Robert South

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again.

- Robert South

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

- Robert South

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

- Robert South

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