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James Thomson [1700-1748] Scottish

Rank: 106
Poet (with poems), Poet

Blank verse, Classicism, Pessimism

James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his masterpiece The Seasons and the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!".
He is also known for his poem, The Castle of Indolence, 1748.

Amazing, Beauty, Courage, Fitness, Health, Imagination, Nature, Peace, War

Quote	Tags	Rank
Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.	Fitness, Health	101
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?	Amazing, Beauty, Nature	102
Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.		103
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?	Imagination	104
Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.	Peace, War	105
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.		106
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.		107
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.		108
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.	Courage	109
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.		110
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.		111
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.		112
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.		113

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