Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
WILLIAM COWPERI venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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