When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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All we behold is miracle.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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