"The burden of the incommunicable." — Thomas de Quincey
"The burden of the incommunicable."
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Thomas de Quincey
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44 Quotes by Thomas de Quincey
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Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark.…
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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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