The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
WILLIAM COWPERIt chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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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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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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