Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse begets reform.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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