Remorse begets reform.
WILLIAM COWPERUnless a love of virtue light the flame,
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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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