The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
WILLIAM COWPERSome people are more nice than wise.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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 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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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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