A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
WILLIAM COWPERIf my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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