Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERTime, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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All we behold is miracle.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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