James Thomson quotes

" Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away. " # Pain

" I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence? " # Nature # Enthusiasm # Beauty

" That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. " # Discontent # Happiness # Achievement

" Ingratitude is treason to mankind. " # Ingratitude # Treason # Laughter

" Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. " # Peace # Happiness # Poverty and The Poor

" I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. " # Churches # Action # Writers and Writing

" A little, round, fat, oily man of God. " # Churches # Obesity # God

" More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. " # Courage # Love # Caution

" Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. " # Silence

" Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love, And, when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between and bid us part? " # Love # Life and Living # Death and Dying