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William Cowper
English
November 26, 1731
Poet
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William Cowper
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
William Cowper
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
William Cowper
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William Cowper
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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.
William Cowper
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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.
William Cowper
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
William Cowper
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