A fool must now and then be right, by chance
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
More William Cowper Quotes
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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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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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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