The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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