Absence from whom we love is worse than death,
More quotes by William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Men deal with life as children with their play,
Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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