Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
WILLIAM COWPER
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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The still small voice is wanted.
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