Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
WILLIAM COWPERHappy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
More William Cowper Quotes
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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