O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
More William Cowper Quotes
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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