The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
WILLIAM COWPERNor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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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 Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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