Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
WILLIAM COWPERSome people are more nice than wise.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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.
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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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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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