Facts about James Thomson
 Summary
James Thomson was a famous Musician from Scotland, who lived between September 11, 1700 and August 27, 1748.
Zodiac etc.
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful.
Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Fitness.
Here is some other popular authors who lived in the same timeframe: Benjamin Franklin, Catherine II, Thomas Jefferson, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Christopher Anstey, George Grenville, John Sevier, Timothy Dexter, Benjamin West, John Hancock, Mikhail Kutuzov, Arthur Phillip, Jean Monnet, Christopher Smart, Henry Rutgers, Johann Pestalozzi, Henry Benedict Stuart, William Hooper, David Allan, Charles Townshend
Famous quotes by James Thomson (14)
"Ingratitude is treason to mankind"
"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"
"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution"
"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?"
"'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it"
"Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand"
"Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves"
"Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace"
"I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop"
"For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day"
"That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others"
"Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health"
"But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?"
"Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health"
Comments
|
Top 50 quotes
Create Timeline Photo
More info