Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge 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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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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