Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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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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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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