Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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