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To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 1,045) [Pleasure] They most the world enjoy who east admire. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 1,173) [World] But wisdom, awful wisdom! which inspects, Discerns, compares, weighs, separates, infers, Seizes the right, and holds it to the last. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 1,253) [Wisdom] Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound; When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam; Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 1,254) [Sense] Let not the cooings of the world allure thee: Which of her lovers ever found her true? - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 1.279) [World] Confiding, though confounded; hoping on, Untaught by trial, unconvinced by proof, And ever looking for the never-seen. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 116) [Hope] Too low they build who build beneath the stars. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 225) [Ambition] A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 336) [Hypocrisy : Smiles] I give him joy that's awkward at a lie. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 361) [Lying] We rise in glory, as we sink in pride: Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 508) [Glory] Truth never was indebted to a lie. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 587) [Truth] A foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 704) [Friends] A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 720) [God] Prayer ardent opens heaven. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 721) [Prayer] The house of laughter makes a house of woe. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 757) [Laughter] A man of pleasure is a man of pains. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 793) [Pain] Man of the World (for such wouldst thou be called)-- And art thou proud of that inglorious style? - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 8) [World] Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt. - Night Thoughts (night VIII, l. 835) [Joy] Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise. - Night Thoughts (VI, 128) [Dignity] [The] public path of life Is dirty. - Night Thoughts (VIII, 373) [Public] In chambers deep, Where waters sleep, What unknown treasures pave the floor. - Ocean (st. 24) [Ocean] A narrow isthmus betwixt time and eternity. - On Pleasure--Letter (III) [Life] Mine is the night, with all her stars. - Paraphrase on Job (l. 147) [Night] Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade! - Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job (l. 187) [Visions] Though man sits still, and takes his ease, God is at work on man; No means, no moment unemploy'd, To bless him, if he can. - Resignation (pt. I, st. 119) [God] Displaying page 17 of 18 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [17] 18
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