Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPERThe nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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