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William Cowper Inspirational Quotes (332)

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Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentlest gales But swell'd into a gust--who then, alas! With all his canvas set, and inexpert, And therefore, heedless, can withstand thy power?
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They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.
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Lights of the world, and stars of human race.
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I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak, or viciously inclined, Serves but to lead philosophers astray, Where children would with ease discern the way.
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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 proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Even in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor much consol'd, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates.
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Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world to see the stir Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
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The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.
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Religion, richest favor of the skies.
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Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.
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Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
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Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.
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Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.
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Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs, And luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last.
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In the vast, and the minute, we see The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds.
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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
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Absence of occupation is not rest A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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