• It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

  Robert Southey
  British writer 1774-1843
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. contentment
2. aspirations
3. immortality
4. quenched
5. portion
6. nature

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It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion. by : Robert Southey

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