39 Quotes by Henry Home, Lord Kames

False praise is always confined to the great.

Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.

The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without partaking of his pain; nor in joy, without partaking of his pleasure.

If you should escape the censure of others, hope not to escape your own.

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men.

The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.

Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.