Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
WILLIAM COWPERThey whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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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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