More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. – James Thomson
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? – James Thomson
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. – James Thomson
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? – James Thomson
Peace is the happy natural state of man war is corruption and disgrace. – James Thomson
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. – James Thomson
It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead. – E.M. Forster, Abinger Harvest