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William Cowper138 quotes“Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,”
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
William CowperWilliam Cowper When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
William CowperWilliam Cowper To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
William CowperWilliam Cowper No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
William CowperWilliam Cowper A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
William CowperWilliam Cowper War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
William CowperWilliam Cowper 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.
William CowperWilliam Cowper Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
William CowperWilliam Cowper All we behold is miracle.
William CowperWilliam Cowper
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Pride is what killed Al, and it is the flaw in every Dauntless heart. It is in mine.
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Sabrina CarpenterSabrina Carpenter Oh, it’s always the same,’ she sighed, ‘if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. We have each other memorized.
Veronica RothVeronica Roth They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
Erica JongErica Jong The blood is life… and it shall be mine!
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