Applause Quote by William Cowper Download Open image “O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?” — William Cowper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Applause Heart Proof Sweet
Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need Of all… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the… — James Gates Percival Copy Share Image
Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
“In discourse more sweet (For Eloquence the Soul, Song charms the Sense) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate- Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion… — John Milton Copy Share
Oh my lady what such mercy you upon me but before I befall to your lovey charms I much say you do shall give… — Michael Country Copy Share Image
It is one of the arts of a great beauty to heighten the effect of her charms by affecting to be sweetly unconscious of… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I've seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling, I've felt all its favours and found its decay; Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing, But… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“No moment of charm is born on bare soil, a careless accident of beauty, but is the sum of great sorrows, growths, and efforts.” — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“Let us make our way through these low valleys of the humble and little virtues. We shall see in them the roses amid the… — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“In due course I would learn how to cover up for this event, but on that awful day I knew of nothing to say… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
“An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“i nod to the other will grayson, up onstage. he nods to me. we have something between us, him and me. but the truth?… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
All the shows we did pre-airdate, and I'd come out - "Rob Lowe!" - and it was [Offers bored applause.] After the show aired?… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“Those who do soul work, who want the searing truth more than solace or applause, know each other right away. Those who want something… — Rumi Copy Share Image
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home, and freedom's defender.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If anyone ever boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts. — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
“A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The beauteous dragonfly's dancing By the waves of the rivulet glancing; She dances here and she dances there, The glimmering, glittering flutterer fair. Full… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image