God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
WILLIAM COWPERWhile truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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