There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
WILLIAM COWPERI venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Remorse begets reform.
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