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.
WILLIAM COWPERA heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
More William Cowper Quotes
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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