Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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