Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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