Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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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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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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