Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
More William Cowper Quotes
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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