No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERIt chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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