There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
WILLIAM COWPERFar happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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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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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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