Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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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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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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