A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

Quote by William Cowper

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Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . . Thou fountain, at which drink...

Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . . Thou fountain, at which drink...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom...

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths,...

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with...

Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with...

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in...

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in...

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is...

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is...

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.