"Peace is the happy natural state of man war is corruption and disgrace."
-James Thomson
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"That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.“
-James Thomson
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"Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health."
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"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."
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"But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?"
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