37 Quotes by James Thomson

And since he cannot spend and use aright The little time here given him in trust,But wasteth it in weary undelight Of foolish toil and trouble, strife and lust,He naturally claimeth to inheritThe everlasting Future, that his merit May have full scope; as surely is most just.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

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