Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
WILLIAM COWPERBuilt God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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