Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
WILLIAM COWPERThe 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,
More William Cowper Quotes
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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