But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
WILLIAM COWPERBut still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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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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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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