'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right, by chance

Quote by William Cowper

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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling...

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling...

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a...

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a...

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.