Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
WILLIAM COWPERGod made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
More William Cowper Quotes
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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