The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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