A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
WILLIAM COWPERThe path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
More William Cowper Quotes
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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I 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.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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