Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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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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