"More firm and sure the hand of courage……" — James Thomson
"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."
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James Thomson
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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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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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Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.
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More Caution Quotes
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.
— Russell Baker
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
— Alfred Adler
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
— Wernher von Braun
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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
— Lydia M. Child
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Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates…
— Tom Platz
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When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident…
— Horace
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If the past is not resolved, future relationships will suffer. Let your heart heal, before you open the door to…
— Leon Brown
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If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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