Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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;
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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