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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
William CowperWilliam Cowper A fool must now and then be right, by chance
William CowperWilliam Cowper I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
William CowperWilliam Cowper God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
William CowperWilliam Cowper God made the country, and man made the town.
William CowperWilliam Cowper God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
William CowperWilliam Cowper We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Remorse begets reform.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
William CowperWilliam Cowper [My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
William CowperWilliam Cowper
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My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
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Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
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I cleave the heavens and soar to the infinite. And while I rise from my own globe to others and penetrate ever further through the eternal field. That which others saw from afar, I leave far behind me.
Giordano BrunoGiordano Bruno When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky The thing I’d really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare’s Globe.
Alan DaviesAlan Davies And their many causes still acting on the surface of our globe with undiminished power, which are changing, and will continue to change it, as long as it shall last.
Adam SedgwickAdam Sedgwick To bring us this vivid, searing account of the wide network of human trafficking and servitude which spans today’s globe.
Adam HochschildAdam Hochschild
