Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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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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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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