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 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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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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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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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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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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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