"Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave." — James Thomson

"Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave."

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

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More Cruel Quotes

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Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But… — Antonio Banderas
China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals. — Brigitte Bardot
Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under… — Brigitte Bardot
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had… — Joseph Addison
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a… — Joseph Addison
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. — Renata Adler
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people… — Bjork
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of… — Benjamin Britten
Terror made me cruel. — Emily Bronte
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. — Edmund Burke
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. — Leo Buscaglia

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