Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
WILLIAM COWPERThere is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
More William Cowper Quotes
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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All we behold is miracle.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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