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Quote by William Cowper
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart ma

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. – William Cowper

Other quotes by William Cowper

Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame;
He hides behind a magisterial air
He own offences, and strips others bare. – William Cowper

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Satire
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William Cowper
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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. – William Cowper

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God
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William Cowper
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Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. – Albert J. Nock

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Learning

I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything. – George Herbert Palmer

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You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition. – Maya Lin

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Learning

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life. – Michael Gove

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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room. – William Hazlitt, Sketches and Essays, 1839

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Ive always said that one night, Im going to find myself in some field somewhere, Im standing on grass, and its raining, and Im with the person I love, and I know Im at the very point Ive been dreaming of getting to. – Drew Barrymore

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I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. – Vincent Van Gogh

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Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not for long, but here I be. In sensing her mortality, we sensed our own. – Studs Terkel

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