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.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of occupation is not rest.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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