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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

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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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Care Done Lying Most Night Safely Tomorrow Trouble
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
WILLIAM COWPER

Mind Occupation Quite Relaxation Wisdom
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Accustom Fall Flower Man Rain Solitude
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Ease Mean Modesty Please Press Remember Still
War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Away Darkest Day Hope Passed Tomorrow
[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Cat Describe Fambol Incredible Kitten
To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Comes Happiness Only Ourselves Purpose Squandering
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Compassion Dismiss God Heart Men
When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Begin Church Leprosy Nation Perish Sin
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Friend Grant Loneliness Pas Retreat Solitude Sweet Whisper
All we behold is miracle.
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All Behold Miracle
I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Alone Door Every Forsaken Hera Lion Loneliness Mercy One Shut
Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Another Detect Hunting Owe Pain Sport

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