William Cowper Quotes
Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.
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Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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My guilty pleasure is Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
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The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life.
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Anything that catches my ear, I'm into. Things that are different, that change what you're listening to.
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American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.
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To stand by the beds at sunrise and see the flowers awake is a heavenly delight.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
