Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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