Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
WILLIAM COWPERWar’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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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,
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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