« All Zigzag Quotes
·
William Cowper's Page
Zigzag Quotes by William Cowper
1 Zigzag quote by William Cowper
More Quotes by William Cowper
William Cowper has 237 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
-
Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,…
-
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a…
-
War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
-
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and…
-
Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel,…
-
I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.
-
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
See all 237 quotes by William Cowper »
More Zigzag Quotes
Popular Zigzag quotes from across the collection:
-
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
— Beck
-
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose…
— James Bryce
-
There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. For of…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
-
The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and…
— Robert Fortune
-
Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.
— H. H. Asquith
-
Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
— William Cowper
-
ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.
— Ambrose Bierce
See all Zigzag Quotes »
Browse William Cowper Quotes by Category