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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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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More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. – James Thomson

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Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic. – Terry Eagleton

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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. – Henry Ward Beecher

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My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever? – Barbara Corcoran

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