Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPERPride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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