He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
WILLIAM COWPERThe kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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