Robert South
Robert South
Robert Southwas an English churchman who was known for his combative preaching...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
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.
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.