God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERSolitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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