God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
WILLIAM COWPERTo follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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