Quotations about Running

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James Thomson

I find no...

I find no...

I find no hint throughout the Universe
Of good or ill, of blessing or of curse
I find alone Necessity...

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For life is...

For life is...

For life is but a dream whose shapes return,
Some frequently, some seldom, some by night
And some by...

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Statues and pictures...

Statues and pictures...

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they...

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The world rolls...

The world rolls...

The world rolls round forever like a mill;
I It grinds out death and life and good and ill;
It has no purpose,...

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Give a man...

Give a man...

Give a man a horse he can ride,
Give a man a boat he can sail;
And his rank and wealth, his strength and...

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But yonder comes...

But yonder comes...

But yonder comes the powerful king of day,
Rejoicing in the east.


Source: The...

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But who can...

But who can...

But who can paint
Like Nature? Can imagination boast,
Amid its gay creation, hues like...

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A lucky chance,...

A lucky chance,...

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.


Source: The...

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Forever, Fortune, wilt...

Forever, Fortune, wilt...

Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove
An unrelenting foe to love;
And when we meet a mutual heart,
Come in...

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For still the...

For still the...

For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can...

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See, Winter comes...

See, Winter comes...

See, Winter comes to rule the varied year.

Source: The Seasons. Winter. Line...

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A pleasing land...

A pleasing land...

A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was,
Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;
And of gay castles in the...

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Health is the...

Health is the...

Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise, of health.


Source: The...

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Once in a...

Once in a...

Once in a stately passion
I cried with desperate grief,
'O Lord, my heart is black with guile,
Of sinners I...

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I think a...

I think a...

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

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Come, gentle Spring!...

Come, gentle Spring!...

Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come.

Source: The Seasons. Spring. Line...

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Come then, expressive...

Come then, expressive...

Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise.

Source: Hymn. Line 118.
-- James...

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More firm and...

More firm and...

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

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For many a...

For many a...

For many a day, and many a dreadful night,
Incessant lab'ring round the stormy cape.


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So stands the...

So stands the...

So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties...

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