Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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