Robert South Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.”

“Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.”

“Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.”

“Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.”

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

“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.”

“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 mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.”

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