To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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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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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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