Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
WILLIAM COWPERGod made the country, and man made the town.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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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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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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