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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
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And in that hour, The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth, Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil. Hence date the persecution and the pain That man inflicts on all inferior kinds, Regardless of their plaints.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
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No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
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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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All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
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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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Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt all mock thee for a prey They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay.
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