The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPERA life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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