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William Cowper Quotes: Absence of occupation is not rest A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
         

Absence of occupation is not rest A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.


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How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!



Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.



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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?



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