Quote by James Thomson
But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay

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

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That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. – James Thomson

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Happiness
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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? – James Thomson

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amazing
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Im an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write. – Erin Morgenstern

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Imagination

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole. – Arthur Keith

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Imagination

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. – Ashley Judd

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Imagination

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. – Joseph Joubert

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Imagination

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Live as you will wish to have lived when you are dying. – Christian Furchtegott Gellert

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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. – James F. Cooper

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We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home. – Jonathan Sacks

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“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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