“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”

— Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

About Thomas Campbell

1777 – 1844

Scottish poet, author of "Hallowed Ground".

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”

“What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity?”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”