God made the country, and man made the town.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
More William Cowper Quotes
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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.
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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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All we behold is miracle.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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