Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
WILLIAM COWPERThe Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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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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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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