The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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