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.
WILLIAM COWPERO 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Remorse begets reform.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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