James Beattie Professions : Poet Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by James Beattie Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. James Beattie choice where ignorance knowledge And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. James Beattie tomb immortal beauty How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love. James Beattie words truth sweet love 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. James Beattie day hill prove song Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? James Beattie climb temple proud fame From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy. James Beattie contentment health spring joy He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man. James Beattie he thought like man In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. James Beattie man blame age praise Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms. James Beattie inflexible invincible arms faith 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. James Beattie jealousy wife love past Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. James Beattie some him mad wise Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
