If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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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 from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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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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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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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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