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.
WILLIAM COWPERPerhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Remorse begets reform.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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