More from William Cowper
The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
William CowperWilliam Cowper An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
William CowperWilliam Cowper If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
William CowperWilliam Cowper What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
William CowperWilliam Cowper God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
William CowperWilliam Cowper Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
William CowperWilliam Cowper But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
William CowperWilliam Cowper The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William CowperWilliam Cowper I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William CowperWilliam Cowper He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
William CowperWilliam Cowper
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Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman There is magic in the minuscule.
Holly DuxburyHolly Duxbury
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly As we were told, was presented to him in golden cups… I observed a number of jars, above fifty, brought in, filled with foaming chocolate of which he took some.
Bernal Diaz del CastilloBernal Diaz del Castillo Being successful means good results for the national team at first in the regional competitions like the Asian Cup and keeping in mind to go for Gold at a World Cup in the future.
Berti VogtsBerti Vogts Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
William CowperWilliam Cowper Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea – a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter If you haven’t seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven’t seen her smile her prettiest.
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