There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
WILLIAM COWPERHe 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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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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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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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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