Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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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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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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