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Robert Blair
9 quotes
“The Grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appall'd, Shakes off her wonted firmness.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul! Sweetener of life! and solder of society!”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of joys departed, Not to return, how painful the remembrance!”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But if there be an hereafter, And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'd And suffer'd to speak out, tells every man, Then must it be an awful thing to die; More horrid yet to die by one's own hand.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we calmly wait the summons, Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give permission.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The cup goes round: And who so artful as to put it by! 'T is long since Death had the majority.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The good he scorn'd Stalk'd off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost, Not to return; or if it did, in visits Like those of angels, short and far between.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The common damn'd shun their society.”
Robert Blair (1699–1746) said by 1746 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source