A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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.
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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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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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