Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPERNor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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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 heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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