No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERI am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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