We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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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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