O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
WILLIAM COWPERA 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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