The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERA 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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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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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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Alas! 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?
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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The still small voice is wanted.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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