Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
WILLIAM COWPERWhile truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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