# Quote — Thomas Dequincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

> Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. Call for the grandest of all human sentiments, what is that? It is that man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.

- Author: [Thomas Dequincey](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-dequincey.md)
- Book: [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-dequincey/confessions-of-an-english-opium-eater.md)
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