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.
WILLIAM COWPERWhen nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
More William Cowper Quotes
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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