The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPERWhile truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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The still small voice is wanted.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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