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William Cowper Inspirational Quotes (332)

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How readily we wish time spent revoked, that we might try the ground again where once--through inexperience, as we now perceive--we missed that happiness we might have found!
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The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.
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Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then 'tis your country bids!
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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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I am out of humanity's reach.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
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No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
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But poverty, with most who whimper forth Their long complaints, is self-inflicted woe The effect of laziness, or sottish write.
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Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
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Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
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All affectation 'tis my perfect scorn Object of my implacable disgust.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, An Nature, in her cultivated trim Dress'ed to his taste, inviting him abroad - Can he want occupation who has these?
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Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind before: Thine eye shall be instructed and thine heart Made pure shall relish with divine delight Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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 hourThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
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And in that hour, The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth, Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil. Hence date the persecution and the pain That man inflicts on all inferior kinds, Regardless of their plaints.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
William Cowper
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