An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
WILLIAM COWPERHabits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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