Thomas de Quincey Zitate auf Englisch

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

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

Thomas de Quincey

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

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

The public is a bad guesser.

Thomas de Quincey

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

Thomas de Quincey

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Thomas de Quincey

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