Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPERTis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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