After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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