Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Remorse begets reform.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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