Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
WILLIAM COWPERThe 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,
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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