Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
WILLIAM COWPERReasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
More William Cowper Quotes
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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