A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
More William Cowper Quotes
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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