A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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