What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERCeremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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