Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest.
More William Cowper Quotes
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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