Robert South
Robert South
Robert Southwas an English churchman who was known for his combative preaching...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
men expectations half
In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.
art laughter world
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.
kindness ungrateful doe
He who does a kindness to an ungrateful person, sets his seal to a flint and sows his seed upon the sand; on the former he makes no impression, and from the latter finds no product.
anger hatred transient
Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.
armor innocence children-innocence
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
men desire capacity
Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.
athens paradise rubbish
An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.
mind substance paradoxical
The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.
abstinence reason
Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.
wise temptation mind
He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.
imagination fancy judgment
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.
reading useless digestion
Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.
power men drawing
Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.
thankful grateful debt
The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts.