While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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