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James Thomson
Scottish
Musician
About the author
The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Life
#Will
#Death
#Heart
#World
#Purpose
#Mind
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#People
#Idea
#Happiness
Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Life
#May
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Will
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Mankind
#Treason
#Ingratitude
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
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?
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Nature
#Beauty
#Variety
#Reflection
#Enthusiasm
#Sentiment
#Magnificence
Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Exercise
#Health
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Life
#Day
#Night
#Dream
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Imagination
#Nature
#Creation
#Gay
Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#War
#State
#Peace
#Man
#Disgrace
#Corruption
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician
#Eye
#Courage
#Caution
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
James Thomson,
Scottish
Musician