"Give a man a horse he can ride,……" — 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 health on sea nor shore shall fa"
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16 Quotes by James Thomson
James Thomson has 16 quotes on this site.
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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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More Boat Quotes
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am…
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Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with…
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Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing…
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
— Bernard Baruch
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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car,…
— Elayne Boosler
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Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no…
— Jeff Bridges
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive…
— Warren Buffett
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As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die…
— Coco Chanel
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Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.
— Woody Allen
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for…
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