Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
More William Cowper Quotes
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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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Still ending, and beginning still.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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