Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
WILLIAM COWPERThe path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
More William Cowper Quotes
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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