Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
WILLIAM COWPERThere is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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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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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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