This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
WILLIAM COWPERYe fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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