Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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