We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERWho loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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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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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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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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