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 COWPERRestraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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All we behold is miracle.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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