[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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