Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERWe 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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 kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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