Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPERThis fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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