The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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