Doing good, disinterested good, is not our trade.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.William Cowper
Did Charity prevail, the press would proveA vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.
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A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
William Cowper
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.
William Cowper
He that holds fast the golden mean,And lives contently betweenThe little and the great,Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.
William Cowper
A firm persuasion of the superintendence of Providence over all our concerns is absolutely necessary to our happiness.
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