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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
William Cowper
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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.
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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
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As if the world and they were hand and glove.
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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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Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace.
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All affectation 'tis my perfect scorn Object of my implacable disgust.
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Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.
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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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Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.
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Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.
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