Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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All we behold is miracle.
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