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.
WILLIAM COWPERThe innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
More William Cowper Quotes
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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