A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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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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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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