The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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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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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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