God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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All we behold is miracle.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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