Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
WILLIAM COWPERThe cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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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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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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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