Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse begets reform.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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