"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."

Friendship

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This quotation examines the core nature of Friendship as articulated by Robert Southey. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Friendship provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Robert Southey

Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a radical but became steadily more conservative as he gained respect for Britain and its institutions. Other romantics such as Byron accused him of siding with the establishment for money and status. He is remembered especially for the poem "After Blenheim" and the original version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

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