Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
WILLIAM COWPERMaintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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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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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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