What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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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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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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