The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPER…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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The still small voice is wanted.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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