God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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 dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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