Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPER
WILLIAM COWPER
William Cowper on dwell
William Cowper138 quotes“Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.”
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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;
William CowperWilliam Cowper Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
William CowperWilliam Cowper There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
Bill ParcellsBill Parcells There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.
Bill DixonBill Dixon Whereof, how r ever obscure the night may be, I await daybreak, and they who dwell in day look for night Rejoice therefore, and keep whole, if you can, and return love for love.
Giordano BrunoGiordano Bruno Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
Muhammad IqbalMuhammad Iqbal God dwells in you, but you cannot have this divine power until you live and walk in the Holy Ghost, until the power of the new life is greater than the old life.
Smith WigglesworthSmith Wigglesworth I can’t dwell on the past, that I haven’t won a lot, but anytime I didn’t play good was mainly because I didn’t putt very good.
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