The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
WILLIAM COWPERSkins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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