Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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