Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
WILLIAM COWPERAn idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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