Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
WILLIAM COWPERManner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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