But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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