Robert South
Robert South
Robert Southwas an English churchman who was known for his combative preaching...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
world made persons
The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.
wise wisdom men
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.
failure defeat discouragement
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
men religion moral
No man's religion ever survives his morals.
cannot creates idleness people permission possibilities
It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.