Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPERMaintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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