Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
WILLIAM COWPERYe fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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 path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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He 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.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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