Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
More William Cowper Quotes
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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