Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
WILLIAM COWPERThe proud are ever most provoked by pride.
More William Cowper Quotes
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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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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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.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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