We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERGlory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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