Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
WILLIAM COWPEREvents of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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