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William Cowper Inspirational Quotes (332)

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Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.
William Cowper
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven and these no doubt Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.
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The parable of the prodigal son, the most beautiful fiction that ever was invented our Saviour's speech to His disciples, with which He closed His earthly ministrations, full of the sublimest dignity and tenderest affection, surpass everything that I ever read and like the spirit by which they were dictated, fly directly to the heart.
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Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.
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And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
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Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
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Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at a market-price!
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
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Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.
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Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
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Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
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Thieves at home must hang but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
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Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.
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This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, Built as it has been in our waning years, A rest afforded to our weary feet, Preliminary to - the last retreat.
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We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others' bare.
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Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
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Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
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The fall of waters and the song of birds, And hills that echo to the distant berds, Are luxuries excelling all the glare The world can boast, and her chief favorites share.
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Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
William Cowper
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