War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
WILLIAM COWPERBlest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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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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