"Allow me to offer my congratulations on the……" — Thomas de Quincey
"Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing."
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44 Quotes by Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey has 44 quotes on this site.
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It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the…
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The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long…
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Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of…
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Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the…
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Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.
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Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium!
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I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn…
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Rightly it is said of utter, utter misery, that it 'cannot be remembered'; itself, being a rememberable thing, is swallowed…
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All is finite in the present; and even that finite is infinite in it velocity of flight towards death. But…
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Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the…
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Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.
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Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.
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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
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Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.
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I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
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Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.
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