The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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All we behold is miracle.
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