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title: "1 Loathsome Quotes By King James I"
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> [A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/a-custom-loathsome-to-the-eye-hateful-to-the-nose-harmful-to-the/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

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## More by King James I

> [On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/on-tobacco-a-branch-of-the-sin-of-drunkenness-which-is-the-root-of/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/i-can-make-a-lord-but-only-god-can-make-a-gentleman/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [The wisest fool in Christendom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/the-wisest-fool-in-christendom/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [That which concerns the mystery of the King's power is not lawful to be disputed; for that is to wade into the weakness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/that-which-concerns-the-mystery-of-the-king-s-power-is-not-lawful-to/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [Were I not a king, I would be a university man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/were-i-not-a-king-i-would-be-a-university-man/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [If I were not a king, I would be a university man; and if it were so that I must be a prisoner, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/if-i-were-not-a-king-i-would-be-a-university-man-and-if-it-were-so/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [Smoke.. makes a kitchen also oftentimes in the inward parts of men, soiling and infecting them, with an unctuous and oily kinde of Soote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/smoke-makes-a-kitchen-also-oftentimes-in-the-inward-parts-of-men/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/it-is-atheism-and-blasphemy-to-dispute-what-god-can-do-good/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/a-custom-loathsome-to-the-eye-hateful-to-the-nose-harmful-to-the/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [God has power to create, or destroy, make, or unmake at his pleasure, to give life, or send death, to judge all, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/god-has-power-to-create-or-destroy-make-or-unmake-at-his-pleasure-to/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/herein-is-not-only-a-great-vanity-but-a-great-contempt-of-god-s-good/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine, For on his throne his sceptre do they sway; And as their subjects ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/god-gives-not-kings-the-stile-of-gods-in-vaine-for-on-his-throne-his/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [ I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let \[the Papists\] assure themselves, that, as I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/i-acknowledge-the-roman-church-to-be-our-mother-church-although/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [Dr Donne's verses are like the peace of God; they pass all understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/dr-donne-s-verses-are-like-the-peace-of-god-they-pass-all/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

> [It is one of God's blessings that we cannot foreknow the hour of our death; for a time fixed, even beyond the possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-james-i/it-is-one-of-god-s-blessings-that-we-cannot-foreknow-the-hour-of-our/)

[King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-james-i/)

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