They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
WILLIAM COWPERAccomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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