Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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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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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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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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