Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
WILLIAM COWPEROh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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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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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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