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 COWPERThe kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
More William Cowper Quotes
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All we behold is miracle.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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