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 COWPERVice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
More William Cowper Quotes
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All we behold is miracle.
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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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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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