Whereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.

Quote by Thomas De Quincey

Topics: Opium Quotes

Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night...

Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night...

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their...

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their...

The public is a bad guesser.

The public is a bad guesser.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies;...

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies;...

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife...

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a...

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun...

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun...

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always...

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always...

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of...

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of...

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little...

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing...