Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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