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Top 20 James Hogg Quotes (2024 Update)

James Hogg Quote: “Religion is a sublime and glorious thing, the bond of society on earth, and the connector of humanity with the Divine nature; but there is nothing so dangerous to man as the wresting of its principles, or forcing them beyond their due bounds: this is above all others the readiest way to destruction.”

1. “Religion is a sublime and glorious thing, the bond of society on earth, and the connector of humanity with the Divine nature; but there is nothing so dangerous to man as the wresting of its principles, or forcing them beyond their due bounds: this is above all others the readiest way to destruction.”

James Hogg Quote: “That undefined and mingled hum, Voice of the desert never dumb!”

2. “That undefined and mingled hum, Voice of the desert never dumb!”

James Hogg Quote: “Man mind yoursel is the first commandment.”

3. “Man mind yoursel is the first commandment.”

James Hogg Quote: “What is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal?”

4. “What is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal?”

James Hogg Quote: “Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place O, to abide in the desert with thee!”

5. “Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place O, to abide in the desert with thee!”

James Hogg Quote: “Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much as consigning them to eternal damnation.”

6. “Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much as consigning them to eternal damnation.”

James Hogg Quote: “Auld John may dee a beggar in a hay barn, or at the back of a dike, but he sall aye be master o’ his ain thoughts an’ gie them vent or no, as he likes.”

7. “Auld John may dee a beggar in a hay barn, or at the back of a dike, but he sall aye be master o’ his ain thoughts an’ gie them vent or no, as he likes.”

James Hogg Quote: “A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart-better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?”

8. “A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart-better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?”

James Hogg Quote: “We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.”

9. “We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.”

James Hogg Quote: “The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction.”

10. “The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction.”

James Hogg Quote: “I anticipate with joy the approaching period when the stigmas of poverty and pride so liberally bestowed on the highlanders by our southern gentry will be as inapplicable to the inhabitants of that country as of any in the island.”

11. “I anticipate with joy the approaching period when the stigmas of poverty and pride so liberally bestowed on the highlanders by our southern gentry will be as inapplicable to the inhabitants of that country as of any in the island.”

James Hogg Quote: “I never go but where I have some great purpose to serve,” returned he, “either in the advancement of my own power and dominion or in thwarting my enemies.”

12. “I never go but where I have some great purpose to serve,” returned he, “either in the advancement of my own power and dominion or in thwarting my enemies.”

James Hogg Quote: “It is the controller of Nature alone that can bring light out of darkness, and order out of confusion. Who is he that causeth the mole, from his secret path of darkness, to throw up the gem, the gold, and the precious ore? The same that from the mouths of babes and sucklings can extract the perfection of praise, and who can make the most abject of his creatures instrumental in bringing the most hidden truths to light.”

13. “It is the controller of Nature alone that can bring light out of darkness, and order out of confusion. Who is he that causeth the mole, from his secret path of darkness, to throw up the gem, the gold, and the precious ore? The same that from the mouths of babes and sucklings can extract the perfection of praise, and who can make the most abject of his creatures instrumental in bringing the most hidden truths to light.”

James Hogg Quote: “Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow, To one who loves as never maid Loved in this world of sorrow?”

14. “Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow, To one who loves as never maid Loved in this world of sorrow?”

James Hogg Quote: “As soon as I arrived, I went to the head inn, held by Mr. Creighton, a silly, despicable man, but privileged in having an excellent wife.”

15. “As soon as I arrived, I went to the head inn, held by Mr. Creighton, a silly, despicable man, but privileged in having an excellent wife.”

James Hogg Quote: “Farewell, world, with all thy miseries; for comforts or enjoyments hast thou none! Farewell, woman, whom I have despised and shunned; and man, whom I have hated; whom, nevertheless, I desire to leave in charity! And thou, sun, bright emblem of a far brighter effulgence, I bid farewell to thee also! I do not now take my last look of thee, for to thy glorious orb shall a poor suicide’s last earthly look be raised.”

16. “Farewell, world, with all thy miseries; for comforts or enjoyments hast thou none! Farewell, woman, whom I have despised and shunned; and man, whom I have hated; whom, nevertheless, I desire to leave in charity! And thou, sun, bright emblem of a far brighter effulgence, I bid farewell to thee also! I do not now take my last look of thee, for to thy glorious orb shall a poor suicide’s last earthly look be raised.”

James Hogg Quote: “It strikes me, my dear, that religious devotion would be somewhat out of place tonight.”

17. “It strikes me, my dear, that religious devotion would be somewhat out of place tonight.”

James Hogg Quote: “Without the shepherd’s dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.”

18. “Without the shepherd’s dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.”

James Hogg Quote: “Hold, Sir, I say! None of your profanity before me. If I do evil to anyone on such occasions, it is because he will have it so; therefore, the evil is not of my doing.”

19. “Hold, Sir, I say! None of your profanity before me. If I do evil to anyone on such occasions, it is because he will have it so; therefore, the evil is not of my doing.”

James Hogg Quote: “Alas, what short-sighted improvident creatures we are, all of us; and how often does the evening cup of joy lead to sorrow in the morning!”

20. “Alas, what short-sighted improvident creatures we are, all of us; and how often does the evening cup of joy lead to sorrow in the morning!”

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