Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
WILLIAM COWPERBut 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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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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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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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