Remorse begets reform.
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 nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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O 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.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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