Sydney Thompson Dobell Quotes

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Stern duties need not speak sternly. He who stood firm before the thunder worshipped the still small voice.

Sydney Thompson Dobell

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.

Sydney Thompson Dobell

The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of small, legitimate successes. By legitimate I mean such as are not accompanied by self-condemnation.

Sydney Thompson Dobell

Sydney Thompson Dobell

Sydney Thompson Dobell

Born: April 5, 1824

Died: August 22, 1874 (aged 50)

Bio: Sydney Thompson Dobell was an English poet and critic, and a member of the so-called Spasmodic school.

Known for:

THOUGHTS ON ART PHILOSOPHY & R
ROMAN A DRAMATIC POEM
Home in War Time: Poems
Sonnets on the War (1855)

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