The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERGrief is itself a medicine.
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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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