James Beattie Quotes

• In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.

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• In the deep windings of the grove no more The hag obscene, and grisly phantom dwell; Nor in the fall of mountain-stream, or roar Of winds, is heard the angry spirit’s yell.

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• Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

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• Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.

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• How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.

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• He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.

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• From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.

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• Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.

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• At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale’s song in the grove.

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• And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.

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• Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame’s proud temple shines afar?

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• No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife.

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James Beattie (12)

Birth:	25th October, 1735
Death:	18th August, 1803
Nationality:	Scottish
Profession:	Poet, Professor

About

James Beattie was born in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish poet, professor and philosopher. He educated at Marischal College, graduating in 1753. He was awarded an honorary LLD by Oxford University. In 1760, he was appointed Professor of moral philosophy. He wrote several books include: The Judgment of Paris(poem), An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, The Minstrel(poem), Essays on Poetry, Dissertations Moral and Critical, Elements of Moral Science, and The Poetical Works of James Beattie.

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