Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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