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.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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Remorse, 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.
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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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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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