Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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