Still ending, and beginning still.
WILLIAM COWPERThere is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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