Phrase by 'Thomas De Quincey'

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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.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Next , Think , Man , Procrastination


Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Perfect , May , Ideal , Imperfection


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.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Earth , Sunday , London , Afternoon


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.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Love , Short , I Am , Deep


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

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Always , Will , Tea , Nervous


Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Man , Down , Sleep , Anger


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.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Man , Men , Alone , Light


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

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Long , Will , Nobody , Laugh


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

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Going , Rest , Sun , Spectacles


The public is a bad guesser.

Author: Thomas De Quincey - English Author
  Bad , Public


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