Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
WILLIAM COWPERThe rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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