Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
WILLIAM COWPERThe proud are ever most provoked by pride.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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