"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships…" — William Cowper
"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator."
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235 Quotes by William Cowper
William Cowper has 235 quotes on this site.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of…
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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A noisy man is always in the right.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making…
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging…
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the…
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I…
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The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the…
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Great businessmen are creators.
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