If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
WILLIAM COWPERNature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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