Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERTrials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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