The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
WILLIAM COWPERGreat offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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