War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
More William Cowper Quotes
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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