The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPERThe Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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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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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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