Some people are more nice than wise.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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