William Cowper on occupation
William Cowper138 quotes“Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.”
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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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
William CowperWilliam Cowper We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Remorse begets reform.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
William CowperWilliam Cowper [My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William CowperWilliam Cowper This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
William CowperWilliam Cowper I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day’s occupation that is known as the cocktail hour.
Bernard DeVotoBernard DeVoto The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.
Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.
Bernard CornwellBernard Cornwell Writing is a solitary occupation.
Bernard CornwellBernard Cornwell Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
Ben SteinBen Stein Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Absence of occupation is not rest.
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