Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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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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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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I 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.
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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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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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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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