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William Cowper138 quotes“Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.”
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
William CowperWilliam Cowper To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach.
William CowperWilliam Cowper A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
William CowperWilliam Cowper I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
William CowperWilliam Cowper There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
William CowperWilliam Cowper No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
William CowperWilliam Cowper O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
William CowperWilliam Cowper A fool must now and then be right, by chance
William CowperWilliam Cowper I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
William CowperWilliam Cowper God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
William CowperWilliam Cowper God made the country, and man made the town.
William CowperWilliam Cowper God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
William CowperWilliam Cowper
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