God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
WILLIAM COWPERThe 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.”
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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