It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience. - William Cowper - Quotesmemo.com

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William Cowper

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

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Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.

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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.

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