He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
WILLIAM COWPERBut still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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