Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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