Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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