Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERBlind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
More William Cowper Quotes
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect that He has parted with the keys of life and death, and, by giving to a drug the power to heal us, has placed our lives out of His own reach.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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