Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

Quote by James Thomson

Topics: Death Quotes

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the...

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the...

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good...

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good...

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like...

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like...

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of...

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of...

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and...

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and...

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for...

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for...

Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can...

Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can...

Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by...

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by...

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye...

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye...

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of...

So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of...

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

Too late I stayed, - forgive the crime! Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls...

Too late I stayed, - forgive the crime! Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls...

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.