Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPERYe therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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