Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
WILLIAM COWPERI seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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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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