Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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