Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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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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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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