Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Remorse begets reform.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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