Lessons Quote by William Cowper

“Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.”

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And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the…

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

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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

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“The good we never miss we rarely prize”

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

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Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

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But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is…

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“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”

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But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if…

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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

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“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon…

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But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.

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It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in.

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I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a…

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He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons, and in which Amaranta had played Chinese checkers with Colonel Gerineldo Marquez, and in which Amarana Ursula had sewn the tiny clothing for the child, and in that flash of lucidity he became aware that…

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The things of the world are ever rising and falling, and in perpetual change; and this change must be according to the will of God, as He has bestowed upon man neither the wisdom nor the power to enable him to check it. The great lesson in these things is, that man must strengthen himself doubly at such times to…

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As a scientist, objectivity is one of my most deeply held values. If we could just try harder, I once thought, surely we could each see the world as others see it and learn to respect one another's views more readily. But I learned from the Pirahas, our expectations, our culture, and our experiences can render even perceptions of the…

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