Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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