And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
WILLIAM COWPERThe innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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