Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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