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Thomas de Quincey Quotes

Thomas de Quincey quotes

English Author August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859

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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
Thomas de Quincey quote: "Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state."
Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state. Thomas de Quincey
Ideas! There is no occasion for them; all that class of ideas which can be available in such a case has a language of representative feelings. Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey quote: "the tyranny of the human face"
the tyranny of the human face Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey quote: "Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its..."
Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion. Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey quote: "Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that?..."
Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey quote: "The public is a bad guesser."
The public is a bad guesser. Thomas de Quincey
Rightly it is said of utter, utter misery, that it 'cannot be remembered'; itself, being a rememberable thing, is swallowed up in its own chaos. Thomas de Quincey

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