Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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