Author: James Thomson

Quotes

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

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

- James Thomson

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

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

- James Thomson

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.

- James Thomson

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

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

- James Thomson

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.

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

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

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

- James Thomson

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

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

- James Thomson

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

- James Thomson

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