The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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