Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
WILLIAM COWPERUnless a love of virtue light the flame,
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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Grief is itself a medicine.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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