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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. – William Cowper

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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. – William Cowper

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positive

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William Cowper

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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. – William Cowper

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Home

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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one… – William Cowper

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Attitude

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