Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
WILLIAM COWPERSkins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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