Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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