A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
- William Cowper
Yes, Worships, His, Creator
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
- William Cowper
God, Storm, Rides, Perform
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
- William Cowper
Satan, Saint, Sees, Weakest
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
- William Cowper
Patriotism, Empty Stomach, Patriot
The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.
- William Cowper
Enough, Knows, Who, Duke
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
- William Cowper
Truth, Honey, Whom, Gather
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
Depend, Prepared, Which, Shadows
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
- William Cowper
Reasoning, Instinct, Stray, Whilst
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
- William Cowper
Tail, Epigram, Feeble, Stuck
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
- William Cowper
Mind, Rest, Occupation, Distressed
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
- William Cowper
Dwell, Thy, Reign, Solitude
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
- William Cowper
Gardening, Loves, Too, Garden
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
- William Cowper
Love, Death, Sad, Frustrate
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
- William Cowper
Man, Against, Thy, Applause
The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
- William Cowper
Innocent, Find, Seldom, Pillow
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
- William Cowper
Supreme, Appealed, Trifling, Chills
Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
- William Cowper
Positive, Men, Judgment, Dismay
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
- William Cowper
Never, May, His, Dismiss
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
- William Cowper
Mind, Novelty, Made, Studious
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
- William Cowper
How, Been, How Much, Dunce
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
- William Cowper
Rest, Till, Half, Enthusiast
A fool must now and then be right, by chance.
- William Cowper
Fool, Chance, Now, Now And Then
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
Think, Give, Here, Useful
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
- William Cowper
Life, Variety, Very, Flavor
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
True Happiness, Owes, Bargain
The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.
- William Cowper
Soul, Loud, Could, Screamed
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
- William Cowper
Absence, Proof
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
- William Cowper
Shows, Most, Thus, Exterior
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
- William Cowper
Egg, Pleasure, Laid, Remorse
No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
- William Cowper
Out, Ever, Scolded, Sins
The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
- William Cowper
Will, Away, Till, Passed
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
- William Cowper
Nature, Name, Cause, Effect
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
- William Cowper
Guilt, Shame, Built, Principles
God made the country, and man made the town.
- William Cowper
Man, Country, Made, Town
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
- William Cowper
Wisdom, Humble, More, Proud
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
- William Cowper
Wisdom, More, He, Humble
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