God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPER
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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