Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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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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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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