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> [But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/but-who-can-paint-like-nature-can-imagination-boast-amid-its-gay/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

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## More by James Thomson

> [I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/i-know-no-subject-more-elevating-more-amazing-more-ready-to-the/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/rule-britannia-rule-the-waves-britons-never-will-be-slaves/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“Surely I write not for the hopeful young, Or those who deem their happiness of worth, Or such as pasture and grow fat among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/surely-i-write-not-for-the-hopeful-young-or-those-who-deem-their/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“As I came through the desert, thus it was...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/as-i-came-through-the-desert-thus-it-was/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“And now at last authentic word I bring, Witnessed by every dead and living thing; Good tidings of great joy for you, for all:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/and-now-at-last-authentic-word-i-bring-witnessed-by-every-dead-and/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/that-which-makes-people-dissatisfied-with-their-condition-is-the/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“Our Mother feedeth thus our little life, That we may in turn feed her with our death”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/our-mother-feedeth-thus-our-little-life-that-we-may-in-turn-feed-her/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“How the moon triumphs through the endless nights! How the stars throb and glitter as they wheel Their thick processions of supernal lights Around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/how-the-moon-triumphs-through-the-endless-nights-how-the-stars-throb/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/but-who-can-paint-like-nature-can-imagination-boast-amid-its-gay/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [“Who is most wretched in this dolorous place? I think myself; yet I would rather be My miserable self than He, than He Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/who-is-most-wretched-in-this-dolorous-place-i-think-myself-yet-i/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [Ingratitude is treason to mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/ingratitude-is-treason-to-mankind/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/health-is-the-vital-principle-of-bliss-and-exercise-of-health/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/i-think-a-bishop-who-doesn-t-give-offence-to-anyone-is-probably-not-a/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/statues-and-pictures-and-verse-may-be-grand-but-they-are-not-the-life/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

> [Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thomson/give-a-man-a-horse-he-can-ride-give-a-man-a-boat-he-can-sail-and-his/)

[James Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thomson/)

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