"Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave." — James Thomson
"Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave."
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James Thomson
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16 Quotes by James Thomson
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Your woe hath been my anguish; yea, I quail And perish in your perishing unblest. And I have searched the…
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Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
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Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
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I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral…
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Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
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Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.
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Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
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But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
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For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.
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The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has…
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