Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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