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.
WILLIAM COWPERExistence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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All we behold is miracle.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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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