Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER
WILLIAM COWPER
William Cowper on guilt
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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.
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 The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William CowperWilliam Cowper This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
OvidOvid To execute a man we don’t need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. It’s that simple.
Che GuevaraChe Guevara Don’t replace your guilt with hate, replace it with love.
Aaron BellAaron Bell We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
Alan WattsAlan Watts Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
Alan WattsAlan Watts Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.
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