No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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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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.
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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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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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