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.
WILLIAM COWPERDeep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
More William Cowper Quotes
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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