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Men Quotes by Thomas de Quincey
- It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised…
- The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man…
- All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But in God there is nothing…
- War has a deeper and more ineffable relation to hidden grandeurs in man than has yet been deciphered.
- If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking…
- Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into…
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