And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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