What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERGod made the country, and man made the town.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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