Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
WILLIAM COWPERHappy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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