The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
WILLIAM COWPERManner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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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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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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