A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
WILLIAM COWPERTime, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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