Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
More William Cowper Quotes
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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