Absence of occupation is not rest.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
More William Cowper Quotes
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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