Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERAlas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
More William Cowper Quotes
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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