The still small voice is wanted.
WILLIAM COWPERSome people are more nice than wise.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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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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