Absence of occupation is not rest.
WILLIAM COWPERHow happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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And 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.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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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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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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