What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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