Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERManner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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