Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
WILLIAM COWPERNo traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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