[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse begets reform.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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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.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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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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