It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
More William Cowper Quotes
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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