Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPERA fool must now and then be right, by chance
More William Cowper Quotes
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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