No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
WILLIAM COWPERWar’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Remorse begets reform.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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