A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
More William Cowper Quotes
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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