Great 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.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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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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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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