Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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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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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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