Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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All we behold is miracle.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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