Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
WILLIAM COWPERA fool must now and then be right, by chance
More William Cowper Quotes
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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