Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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