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Thomas de Quincey
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born
August 15, 1785
in Manchester, England, The United Kingdom
died
December 08, 1859
gender
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“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without.”
― Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
― Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
“here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail.”
― Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
― Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
“No man ever will unfold the capacities of his own intellect who does not at least checker his life with solitude.”
― Thomas de Quincey, Suspiria de Produndis: With Other Essays, Critical, Historical, Biographical, Philosophical, Imaginative and Humorous
― Thomas de Quincey, Suspiria de Produndis: With Other Essays, Critical, Historical, Biographical, Philosophical, Imaginative and Humorous
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