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.
WILLIAM COWPERAn idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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 true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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All we behold is miracle.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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