Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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