Why should we kill the best of passions, love?
More quotes by James Thomson
He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained
The deep vibrations of his witching song.
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
But what most showed the vanity of life
Was to behold the nations all on fire.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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