No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERHabits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Remorse begets reform.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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