Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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