An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
WILLIAM COWPERAccomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
More William Cowper Quotes
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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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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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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All we behold is miracle.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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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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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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