It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.

Quote by William Cowper

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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

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...

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

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

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful...

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...

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

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.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

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,...

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has...

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has...

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,...

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.

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...

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.