Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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