God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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