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 COWPERSatire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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