William Cowper Quotes
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
William Cowper
Quotes to Explore
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Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
Ed Gillespie
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On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.
T. Boone Pickens
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I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
Sam Smith
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If I were Osama, and the United States government were actually looking for me, I'd be clean-shaven by now, crewcutted, wearing jeans and a ZZ Top T-shirt, and living in a nice little house in Lincoln, Nebraska.
L. Neil Smith
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Such photographs exist in every family. They were caught in a few seconds, the duration of the exposure, and these second have become an eternity.
Patrick Modiano
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'Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.'
Ian Paisley
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Unless one is happy, one cannot bestow happiness on others.
Ramana Maharshi
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When you have enough money the law is a reed that will always bend your way.
Orson Scott Card
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Gassoon, for all his lore, subscribed to a common fallacy: he assumed that all those whom he encountered appraised him in the same terms as he did himself.
Jack Vance
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We deemed the secret lost, the spirit gone, Which spake in Greek simplicity of thought, And in the forms of gods and heroes wrought Eternal beauty from the sculptured stone - A higher charm than modern culture won, With all the wealth of metaphysic lore, Gifted to analyze, dissect explore.
Margaret Fuller
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Edward Young
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own Government to save the environment.
Ansel Adams
