I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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