Best William Cowper Quotations
- Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,- A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. Bible
- With spots quadrangular of diamond form, ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, and spades, the emblems of untimely graves. Clubs
- Oh winter, king of fire side enjoyments, home born happiness. Born
- Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there. Bring
- Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. Behind
- His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. Home
- The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Bitter
- As if the world and they were hand and glove. Glove
- Lights of the world, and stars of human race. Human
- In indolent vacuity of thought. Funny
- Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. Base
- Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. Call
- The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth. Amaranthine
- Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace? Author
- The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that… Bear
- ...So let us welcome peaceful evening in. Evening
- Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases. All
- Great offices will have great talents. Great
- Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive. Alive
- Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. Cruelty
- All we behold is miracle. All
- To trace in Nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine. ... The Invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an… Ample
- And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most. Abhor
- No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road. Abode
- Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial… Accommodate
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