Best William Cowper Quotes
- To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think. Both
- 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. Alone
- Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy. All
- But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength, The scorn… All
- How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet. Friend
- When was public virtue to be found when private was not? Found
- A fool must now and then be right, by chance Chance
- O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts… All
- Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse. Chase
- O Winter, ruler of the inverted year! Inspirational
- The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs. Disturbs
- Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore. Anymore
- Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word! Heavenly
- Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes. All
- Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Book
- In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground. Buried
- Man disavows, and Deity disowns me: hell might afford my miseries a shelter; therefore hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all bolted against me. Afford
- A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he… Balm
- A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys… Ceaseless
- Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life. All
- The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight. Breathe
- Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him… Every Man
- A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about. Dear
- To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is saying in effect… Carry
- Tea - the cups that cheer but not inebriate. Cheer
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