A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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