Grief is itself a medicine.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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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.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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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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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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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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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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The 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.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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