"Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their……" — William Cowper
"Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse."
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William Cowper
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235 Quotes by William Cowper
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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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More Acrid Quotes
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My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle…
— Che Guevara
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The acrid scents of autumn, Reminiscent of slinking beasts, make me fear
— D. H. Lawrence
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Acrid bitterness inevitably seeps into the lives of people who harbor grudges and suppress anger, and bitterness is always a…
— Lee Strobel
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One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then…
— Charles Darwin
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She would always feel this wild girl was the truest of any of the people she had already been: adored…
— Lauren Groff
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I think that's such a beautiful sentiment. Love should only last as long as a very expensive and impractical bikini…
— Emma Forrest
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Poetry began in the matriarchal age, and derives its magic from the moon, not from the sun. No poet can…
— Robert Graves
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It wasn't sarcasm." Graves blew out a cloud of acrid smoke. "It was pointing out a fallacy in your logic,…
— Lilith Saintcrow
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Rust, corrosion, wind, rain. The nibbling teeth of mice and the acrid droppings of insects and the devouring jaws of…
— Justin Cronin
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Last comes the class of persons, of nervous organization and enfeebled vigour, whose sensual appetite craves highly seasoned dishes, men…
— Joris-Karl Huysmans
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They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a…
— Emile Zola
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My nose is still filled with the acrid stench of teen vomit. -Sue
— Glee
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