A fool must now and then be right, by chance.
William Cowper
A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
William Cowper
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
William Cowper
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
William Cowper
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.
William Cowper
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William Cowper
God made the country, and man made the town.
William Cowper
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
William Cowper
I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he has the humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
William Cowper
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William Cowper
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William Cowper
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William Cowper
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
William Cowper
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
William Cowper
No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
William Cowper
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
William Cowper
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, and while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn throws up a steamy column, and the cups that cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, so let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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.
William Cowper
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
William Cowper
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper
Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word!
William Cowper
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
William Cowper
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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.
William Cowper
The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
William Cowper
The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.
William Cowper
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
William Cowper
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.
William Cowper
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Type:
Poet
Date of Birth:
1731-11-15
Year of Death:
1800
Nationality:
English |
