A fool must now and then be right, by chance
WILLIAM COWPERStill ending, and beginning still.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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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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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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