In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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