William Cowper quotes

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. (William Cowper)
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. View quote
William Cowper
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. View quote
William Cowper
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. View quote
William Cowper
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. View quote
William Cowper
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. View quote
William Cowper
God made the country, and man made the town. View quote
William Cowper
Beware of desperate steps the darkest day, Lived till tomorrow, will have passed away. View quote
William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. View quote
William Cowper
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. View quote
William Cowper
No one was ever scolded out of their sins. (William Cowper)
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. View quote
William Cowper
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. View quote
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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. View quote
William Cowper
No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest, till half mankind were, like himself, possest. View quote
William Cowper
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. View quote
William Cowper
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? View quote
William Cowper
The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl. View quote
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Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God. View quote
William Cowper
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. View quote
William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. (William Cowper)
Slaves cannot breathe in England if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free They touch our country, and their shackles fall. View quote
William Cowper
Philologists who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark. View quote
William Cowper
The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it. View quote
William Cowper
There is a pleasure in poetic pains. Which only poets know. View quote
William Cowper