Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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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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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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