The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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 kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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