Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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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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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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