“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.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: learning
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Where men of judgment creep and feel
“Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: positive
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: wisdom
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less
“Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: happiness
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Absence from whom we love is worse
“Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: hope
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes
“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
Author: William Cowper
Category: happiness
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Wisdom is humble that he knows no
“Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: wisdom
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God moves in a mysterious way, His
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: god
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can
“They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: wisdom
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse
“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: gardening
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
— William Cowper
Author: William Cowper
Category: knowledge
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