What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERThe Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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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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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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