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

Quote by James Thomson

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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...

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

Ingratitude is treason to mankind

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...

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...

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

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

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

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...

'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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

The water is the same on both sides of the boat

The water is the same on both sides of the boat

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Nodding the head does not row the boat

Nodding the head does not row the boat

You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.

You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.