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Irish playwright (b. 1660), Death: 26-5-1746
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Pity's akin to love; and every thought Of that soft kind is welcome to my soul.
Thomas Southerne

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When guilt is in its blush of infancy, it trembles in a tenderness of shame; and the first eye that pierces through the veil that hides the secret brings it to the face
Thomas Southerne

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Distress is virtue's opportunity: we only live to teach us how to die.
Thomas Southerne

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There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.
Thomas Southerne

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The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.
Thomas Southerne

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Pity is akin to love.
Thomas Southerne

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Lying's a certain mark of cowardice.
Thomas Southerne

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An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.
Thomas Southerne

Quote Topics by Thomas Southerne: Lying Soul Crime Secret Pity Cowardice Heart Together Kind Courage Affliction Opportunity Heaven Guilt Eye Passion Mark Death Welcome Innocence Causes Virtue Court
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Words may be counterfeit, false coined, and current only from the tongue, without the mind; but passion is in the soul, and always speaks the heart.
Thomas Southerne