Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERWar’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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 kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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