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.
Robert South Quotes
Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
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| Birth: | 4th September, 1634 |
| Death: | 8th July, 1716 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Clergyman |
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Robert South was an English churchman, known for his combative preaching. He was the son of Robert South, a London merchant, and Elizabeth Berry. He was born at Hackney, Middlesex, and was educated at Westminster School under Richard Busby, and at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating on 11 December 1651.
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