Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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 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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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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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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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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