Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
WILLIAM COWPERHe 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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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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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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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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