Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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