Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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