Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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