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;
WILLIAM COWPERThe man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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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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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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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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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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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 still small voice is wanted.
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