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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. (William Cowper)
Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That lifts him into life, and lets him fall Just in the niche he was ordain'd to fill. View quote
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. View quote
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. View quote
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Low ambition and the thirst of praise. View quote
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Doing good, disinterested good, is not our trade. View quote
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The still small voice is wanted. View quote
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I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be equal to the task of closing every couplet with sounds homotonous, expressing at the same time the full sense, and only the full sense of his original. View quote
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year! View quote
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With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves. View quote
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That good diffused may more abundant grow. (William Cowper)
Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts. View quote
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But strive still to be a man before your mother. View quote
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Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed; and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought. View quote
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There is a bird who by his coat,And by the hoarseness of his note,Might be supposed a crow. View quote
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The sounding jargon of the schools. View quote
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Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. View quote
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A hat not much the worse for wear. View quote
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Candid and generous and just. Boys care but little whom they trust. An error soon corrected -- for who but learns in riper years. That man, when smoothest he appears, is most to be suspected. View quote
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An honest man, close-buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within. View quote
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Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. (William Cowper)
I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, Of needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. View quote
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Now let us sing, Long live the king, And Gilpin, long live he And when he next doth ride abroad, May I be there to see. View quote
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England, with all thy faults, I love thee still- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee. View quote
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Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion, Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. View quote
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