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Robert South
22 quotes
“An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the Rudiments of Paradise.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anger [is], according to some, a transient hatred, or at least very like it.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Innocence is like polished armour; it adorns, and it defends.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[W]onder is from surprise; and surprise ceases upon experience.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truth itself shall lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[H]e that despairs limits an infinite power to a finite apprehension, and measures Providence by his own little contracted model.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1684 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: All Contingencies under the Direction of God's Providence" (Sermon preached at Westminster Abbey, February 22, 1684–5). Vol. 1, pp. 135–136.
“It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where men care not to do a thing, they shelter themselves under a persuasion that it cannot be done.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[N]o man's religion ever survives his morals.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1675 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of the Origin, Nature, and Baseness of the Sin of Ingratitude" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, 17 October 1675). Vol. 1, p. 172.
“[T]here never was any heart truly great and generous' that was not also tender and compassionate.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1675 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of the Origin, Nature, and Baseness of the Sin of Ingratitude" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, 17 October 1675). Vol. 1, p. 183.
“[S]ociety is built upon trust, and trust upon the confidence that men have of one another's integrity.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1688 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of the Base Sins of Falsehood and Lying" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, October 14, 1688). Vol. 1, p. 195.
“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 (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[I]f there be any truer measure of a man, than by what he does, it must be, by what he gives.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1688 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of a Worthy Preparation for the Sacrament of the Eucharist" (Sermon preached at Westminster Abbey, April 8, 1688). Vol. 1, p. 331.
“Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1678 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prevention of Sin an Invaluable Mercy" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, November 10, 1678). Vol. 1, p. 354.
“[T]hough reason is not to be relied upon, as a guide universally sufficient to direct us what to do; yet it is generally to be relied upon and obeyed, where it tells us what we are not to do.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1691 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Nature and Measures of Conscience" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, November 1, 1691). Vol. 1, p. 374.
“[M]ost of the appearing mirth in the world is not mirth, but art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1692 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience" (Sermon preached at Christ Church, Oxon, October 30, 1692). Vol. 1, p. 395.
“Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.”
Robert South (1634–1716) first seen 1661 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: False Foundations Removed, and True Ones Laid" (Sermon preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, December 10, 1661). Vol. 1, p. 460.
“The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A]s for covetousness, we may truly say of it, that it makes both the alpha and omega in the devil's alphabet, and that it is the first vice in corrupt nature which moves, and the last which dies.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, by degrees gnawing and creeping into it, as that does; till at length it has eat out the very heart and substance of the metal.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who has no mind to trade with the devil, should be so wise as to keep away from his shop.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A man's life is an appendix to his heart.”
Robert South (1634–1716) said by 1716 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source