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

Quote by William Cowper

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

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...

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 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,...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

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,...

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

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.

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...

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

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

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

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 innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.