Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
WILLIAM COWPERTo follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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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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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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