Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERThe darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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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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