What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
WILLIAM COWPER[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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 only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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