Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
WILLIAM COWPERThrows up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
More William Cowper Quotes
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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