God made the country, and man made the town.
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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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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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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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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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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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.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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