Quote by William Cowper
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to

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

Other quotes by William Cowper

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

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Learning
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I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute on;
but I wish that I could get away
And go home to the village of Bruton. – William Cowper

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Vacations
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Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans – though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. – Timothy Garton Ash

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I always had the attitude that I wanted to throw a no-hitter every game. – Dennis Eckersley

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I have the same attitude with work – I like to go to work, I like to work really hard I, like to give everything my all, I like to try things that are new, you know. – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

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They can betray me, but I choose not to betray my peace of mind. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. – Emil Zatopek

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God cannot alter the past, but historians can. – Samuel Butler

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Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. – Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother&#

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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. – Walter Benjamin

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