Thomas de Quincey Quotes

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.
Thomas de Quincey

May, Perfect, State

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.
Thomas de Quincey

Though, Tea, Favorite

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
Thomas de Quincey

Love, Deep, Young

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.
Thomas de Quincey

Men, Alone, May

If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Thomas de Quincey

Once, Himself, Next

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.
Thomas de Quincey

Sunday, Rainy, Show

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.
Thomas de Quincey

Sun, Rest, Call

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.
Thomas de Quincey

Life, Wife, Conscience

Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.
Thomas de Quincey

Long, Laugh, Nobody

The public is a bad guesser.
Thomas de Quincey

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: August 15, 1785

Died: December 8, 1859

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