…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPERUnless a love of virtue light the flame,
More William Cowper Quotes
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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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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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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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
WILLIAM COWPER






