Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
WILLIAM COWPERNow stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
More William Cowper Quotes
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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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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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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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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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