Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERYe therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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The 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.”
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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