Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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