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William Cowper Inspirational Quotes (332)

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God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.
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Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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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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Heaven's harmony is universal love.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Great offices will have great talents.
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Most satirists are indeed a public scourge Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse.
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A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.
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I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
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She that asks Her dear five hundred friends, contemns them all, And hates their coming.
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How! leap into the pit our life to save? To save our life leap all into the grave.
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O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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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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