"What is there in the vale of lifeHalf……" — William Cowper
"What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?"
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235 Quotes by William Cowper
William Cowper has 235 quotes on this site.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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A noisy man is always in the right.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making…
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging…
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the…
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its…
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More Anniversary Quotes
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True love stories never have endings.
— Richard Bach
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Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
— Richard Bach
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
— Honore de Balzac
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So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.
— Anne Bancroft
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'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year…
— Annie Besant
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Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on…
— Josh Billings
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
— Emily Bronte
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You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
— Robert Browning
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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express…
— Pearl S. Buck
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When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
— Joseph Campbell
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