Low ambition and the thirst of praise.
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Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.William Cowper
All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil.
William Cowper
Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd
William Cowper
All thy threads with magic art Have wound themselves about this heart.
William Cowper
Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,Exhilarate the spirit, and restoreThe tone of languid nature.
William Cowper
Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . .Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wiseThou ever-bubbling spring of endless liesLike Eden's dread probationary tree,Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.
William Cowper
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