We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERA life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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