The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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