Logo
A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the

A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. – James I of England, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, 1604

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Smoking
category

If smoking is so bad for you, how come it cures salmon? – Author Unknown

Category:
Smoking

To some, the cigarette is a portable therapist. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Smoking

He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It?

Category:
Smoking

The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly. – George Borrow

Category:
Smoking

Random Quotes

It can be a fascinating game, noticing how any person with vitality and vigor will have a little splash of red in a costume, in a room, or in a garden… – Edgar Cayce

Category:
Color

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. – Miguel de Cervantes

Category:
Truth

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. – William Pollard

Category:
Learning

A fool must now and then be right, by chance. – William Cowper

Category:
Chance