And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
WILLIAM COWPERNature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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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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