Virtue Quotes 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…

— William Cowper

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

— William Cowper

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

— William Cowper

“The good we never miss we rarely prize”

— William Cowper

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

— William Cowper

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

— 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…

— William Cowper

“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”

— 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…

— William Cowper

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

— 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…

— William Cowper

But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.

— 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…

— 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.…

— William Cowper

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

— William Cowper