--- title: "20 Ifs Quotes By William Cowper" description: "20 Ifs quotes by William Cowper. Plus more from William Cowper and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/william-cowper-779_divine_all-truth-is-precious-if-not-all-divine_925384.png" --- > [All truth is precious, if not all divine; and what dilates the powers must needs refine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/all-truth-is-precious-if-not-all-divine-and-what-dilates-the-powers/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/william-cowper-779_divine_all-truth-is-precious-if-not-all-divine_925384.png) > [ \[My kitten's\] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/my-kitten-s-gambols-are-not-to-be-described-and-would-be-incredible/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/william-cowper-779_cat_my-kitten-s-gambols-are-not-to-be-descri_255166.png) > [An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/an-idler-is-a-watch-that-wants-both-hands-as-useless-if-it-goes-as/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/william-cowper-779_hands_an-idler-is-a-watch-that-wants-both-hand_1023343.png) > [As if the world and they were hand and glove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/as-if-the-world-and-they-were-hand-and-glove/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/william-cowper-779_glove_as-if-the-world-and-they-were-hand-and-g_866756.png) > [Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/religion-if-in-heavenly-truths-attired-needs-only-to-be-seen-to-be/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/william-cowper-779_admired_religion-if-in-heavenly-truths-attired-n_2519430.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) > [Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/perhaps-thou-gav-st-me-though-unseen-a-kiss-perhaps-a-tear-if-souls/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/william-cowper-779_bliss_perhaps-thou-gav-st-me-though-unseen-a-k_2242420.png) > [He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/he-that-has-seen-both-sides-of-fifty-has-lived-to-little-purpose-if/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/william-cowper-779_both-sides_he-that-has-seen-both-sides-of-fifty-has_493648.jpg) > [If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/if-hindrances-obstruct-the-way-thy-magnanimity-display-and-let-thy/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/william-cowper-779_canvas_if-hindrances-obstruct-the-way-thy-magna_2273069.png) > [But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/william-cowper-779_communication_but-conversation-choose-what-theme-we-ma_148520.png) > [Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/call-d-to-the-temple-of-impure-delight-he-that-abstains-and-he-alone/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/william-cowper-779_delight_call-d-to-the-temple-of-impure-delight-h_623157.png) > [The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-cross-there-and-there-only-though-the-deist-rave-and-the-atheist/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/william-cowper-779_atheist_the-cross-there-and-there-only-though-th_225451.png) > [If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/if-a-great-man-struggling-with-misfortunes-is-a-noble-object-a-little/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/william-cowper-779_despise_if-a-great-man-struggling-with-misfortun_1296939.png) > [Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/visits-are-insatiable-devourers-of-time-and-fit-only-for-those-who-if/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/william-cowper-779_fit_visits-are-insatiable-devourers-of-time_1132957.png) > [When one that holds communion with the skies Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/when-one-that-holds-communion-with-the-skies-has-fill-d-his-urn-where/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/william-cowper-779_angel_when-one-that-holds-communion-with-the-s_1195419.png) > [Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st taste His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou was blind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/acquaint-thyself-with-god-if-thou-would-st-taste-his-works-admitted/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/william-cowper-779_blind_acquaint-thyself-with-god-if-thou-would_2813271.png) > [Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/alas-if-my-best-friend-who-laid-down-his-life-for-me-were-to-remember/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/william-cowper-779_alas_alas-if-my-best-friend-who-laid-down-his_1714545.png) > [I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/i-was-a-poet-too-but-modern-taste-is-so-refined-and-delicate-and/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ba/william-cowper-779_capers_i-was-a-poet-too-but-modern-taste-is-so_1186610.jpg) > [If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/if-my-resolution-to-be-a-great-man-was-half-so-strong-as-it-is-to/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/william-cowper-779_attitude_if-my-resolution-to-be-a-great-man-was-h_1338073.png) > [Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/slaves-cannot-breathe-in-england-if-their-lungs-receive-our-air-that/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/william-cowper-779_air_slaves-cannot-breathe-in-england-if-thei_461019.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/william-cowper/#itemlist", "name": "20 Ifs Quotes By William Cowper", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All truth is precious, if not all divine; 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