But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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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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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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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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