Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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All we behold is miracle.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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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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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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