Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Remorse begets reform.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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