William Cowper Quotes on Society
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Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?
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'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.