Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
WILLIAM COWPERManner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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