We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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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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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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