Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPERYe therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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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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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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The still small voice is wanted.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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