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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.

William Cowper

And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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Cloud Courage Saint Head Much Shall
There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Affliction Encourage Every Give Great Lot Mercy Place Reconcile
Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Exterior Fall Grace Place Taken Wisdom
The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Atheist Base Bear Cross Earth Easter Only Slave
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Alone Land Path Sadness Sorrow Unknown
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Book Seldom Spell
Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Love Mercy Son Therefore
This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Attachment Home Known Life Place Race Start
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Every Mistakes Reasoning Step Tread
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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Both Fifty Litle No Other Purpose View World
Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Bosom Eggs Fatal Laid Made Nest Pleasure Remorse Scorpions
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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Lodge Solitude Some Successful War Wilderness
Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Creep Event Exactly Please Sort
Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Alone Flower Luster Perfume Weed Wisdom
Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Cats Children Deal Life Mena Misuse Plan Toy Way
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Apealted Blest Blood Chill Each Hear Rude Rudely Supreme Theme Trifling

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