The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
WILLIAM COWPEROh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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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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