Robert South Quotes

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.

We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

I knew I wanted to play 'Dr Cox' really bad, which is always a huge mistake because as soon as you want something really bad, maybe you rip up a little bit.

Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

I feel like this whole idea of wanting something that you don't really have is also very American in a way.

This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.

The wisest hustler can suddenly fall for the worst tramp and lose all of his money on her. The hustler is aware of his own weaknesses and openings to con. This awareness is his edge.

I feel like what I'm after is not easy for me to find, and to want it to be easy... it would be absurd for me to have that ambition.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

I can't resist temptation of any kind.

When you want too much, you don't usually achieve much.

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is readily available to them.

"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.

No one can have all he desires.

The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time which means overreaching them.

Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see you undone.