Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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