Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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,
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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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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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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