Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPERI will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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