If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
WILLIAM COWPERWar’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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