Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
WILLIAM COWPERI am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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.
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Remorse begets reform.
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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