And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
WILLIAM COWPER[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
More William Cowper Quotes
-
-
Still ending, and beginning still.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
WILLIAM COWPER -
[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
WILLIAM COWPER -
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;
WILLIAM COWPER -
Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
WILLIAM COWPER -
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
WILLIAM COWPER -
God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
WILLIAM COWPER -
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
WILLIAM COWPER -
To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPER -
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.
WILLIAM COWPER -
…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER