Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
WILLIAM COWPER
Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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