The 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,
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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 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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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