Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPERReasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Remorse begets reform.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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