The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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.
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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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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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