Remorse begets reform.
WILLIAM COWPERVariety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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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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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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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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