I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
WILLIAM COWPERThey whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Remorse begets reform.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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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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