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The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson

Book by William Cowper · 4 quotes · Men, Giving, Causes

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The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson Quotes

“There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.”

“A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.”

“Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.”

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