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James Thomson quotes: 'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

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

James Thomson quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

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

James Thomson quotes: 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 quotes: More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

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

James Thomson quotes: Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

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

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 quotes: 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 quotes: Our Mother feedeth thus our little life, That we may in turn feed her with our death

Our Mother feedeth thus our little life, That we may in turn feed her with our death

James Thomson quotes: 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 quotes: Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

James Thomson quotes: 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.