No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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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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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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