Some people are more nice than wise.
WILLIAM COWPER[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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