--- title: "6 Ease Quotes By William Cowper" description: "6 Ease quotes by William Cowper. Plus more from William Cowper and more Ease sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/william-cowper-779_ease_but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please_302764.png" --- > [But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please-to-press-your-point-with/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/william-cowper-779_ease_but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please_302764.png) > [The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-statesman-lawyer-merchant-man-of-trade-pants-for-the-refuge-of/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/william-cowper-779_add_the-statesman-lawyer-merchant-man-of-tra_845347.png) > [A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/a-life-of-ease-is-a-difficult-pursuit/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/william-cowper-779_difficult_a-life-of-ease-is-a-difficult-pursuit-10_1029232.png) > [Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/twere-better-to-be-born-a-stone-of-ruder-shape-and-feeling-none-than/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/william-cowper-779_born_twere-better-to-be-born-a-stone-of-ruder_1578092.png) > [Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak, or viciously inclined, Serves but to lead philosophers astray, Where children would with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/learning-itself-received-into-a-mind-by-nature-weak-or-viciously/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/william-cowper-779_children_learning-itself-received-into-a-mind-by_2673298.png) > [The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-man-to-solitude-accustom-d-long-perceives-in-everything-that/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/william-cowper-779_animal_the-man-to-solitude-accustom-d-long-perc_3071887.png) ## Other authors on Ease ## More by William Cowper > [And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/and-hast-thou-sworn-on-every-slight-pretence-till-perjuries-are/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/no-wild-enthusiast-could-rest-till-half-the-world-like-him-was/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/admirals-extolled-for-standing-still-or-doing-nothing-with-a-deal-of/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [“The good we never miss we rarely prize”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-good-we-never-miss-we-rarely-prize/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/thus-happiness-depends-as-nature-shows-less-on-exterior-things-than/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/stamps-god-s-own-name-upon-a-lie-just-made-to-turn-a-penny-in-the-way/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-oars-alone-can-ne-er-prevail-to-reach-the-distant-coast-the/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/nature-is-but-a-name-for-an-effect-whose-cause-is-god/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-conversation-choose-what-theme-we-may-and-chiefly-when-religion/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/remorse-the-fatal-egg-that-pleasure-laid/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/when-we-don-t-pray-we-quit-the-fight-prayer-keeps-the-christian-s/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-animated-nature-sweeter-still-to-soothe-and-satisfy-the-human-ear/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/a-fretful-temper-will-divide-the-closest-knot-that-may-be-tied-by/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/ten-thousand-casks-forever-dribbling-out-their-base-contents-touch-d/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-art-of-poetry-is-to-touch-the-passions-and-its-duty-to-lead-them/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ease/william-cowper/#itemlist", "name": "6 Ease Quotes By William Cowper", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Cowper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please-to-press-your-point-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/william-cowper-779_ease_but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please_302764.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/william-cowper-779_ease_but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please_302764.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/william-cowper-779_ease_but-still-remember-if-you-mean-to-please_302764.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.” — William Cowper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid the charms of a sequester'd spot, Or recollected only to gild o'er And add a smile to what was sweet before, He may possess the joys he thinks he sees, Lay his old age upon the lap of ease, Improve the remnant of his wasted span. 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