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Thomas de Quincey
1785 – 1859 • English • Author
11
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Collected Meditations
Showing 11 quotesIt 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
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
Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.— Thomas de Quincey