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Giving Quotes by William Cowper
- 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
- 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…
- 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…
- Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd, And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard: To carry nature lengths unknown before, To give a Milton birth,…
- Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
- 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…
- Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
- Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.
- The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may, And laughs the sense…
- The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a…
- All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.
- A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none.
- A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But…
- Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
- Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his…
More Giving Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi