Quotes about James Thomson

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

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

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

#James Thomson

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

#James Thomson

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

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

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

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

#James Thomson

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

#James Thomson

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

#James Thomson