Thomas de Quincey Quotes


Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual.


Citations

De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Taylor and Hessey, 1822.

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Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey
  • Born: August 15, 1785
  • Died: December 8, 1859
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Author

Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.