Quotes by William Cowper

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  • Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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  • For 'tis a truth well known to most,
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  • O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
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  • Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
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  • Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign.
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  • 'Tis hard if all is false that I advance
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  • The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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