The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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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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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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 only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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