The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPERAlas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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Remorse begets reform.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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