Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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