A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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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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