Thomas Love Peacock

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1785-10-18

Books by Thomas Love Peacock

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I like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then.
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On the top of Cadair Idris,I felt how happy a man might bewith a little money and a sane intellect,and reflected with astonishment and pityon the madness of the multitude.
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On the top of Cadair Idris,I felt how happy a man might bewith a little money and a sane intellect,and reflected with astonishment and pityon the madness of the multitude.
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I like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then.
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Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.
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Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
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The highest wisdom and the highest genius have been invariably accompanied with cheerfulness. We have sufficient proofs on record that Shakespeare and Socrates were the most festive companions.
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There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.
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A book that furnishes no quotations is ... no book-it is a plaything.
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I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.
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