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.
WILLIAM COWPERAccomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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