Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERIn a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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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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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.
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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