Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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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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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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