Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERBlest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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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.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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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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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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