No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERWould I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
More William Cowper Quotes
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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