What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPERBut still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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