“A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But sedentary weavers of long tales Give me the fidgets, and my patience fails.” GivingWellsMayLongFactsStoriesSidesFailingHumourGive MeTalesNativeReignYour SideIllustrationSedentaryWeaversEnlisted Book:The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings Source: The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings
“When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and am I out of humour for going about that I was made for, and for the sake of which I was sent into the world? Was I then designed for nothing but to doze and keep warm beneath the counterpane? Well! but this is a comfortable way of living.” MenWorldWayWellsMadeMorningHumourSpeechComfortableSakeWarm Book:The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius