The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
More William Cowper Quotes
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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