The still small voice is wanted.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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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 bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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