Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPER
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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