[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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