Quotes William Cowper

A fool must now and then be right, by chance....

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator....

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrate...

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a ...

Absence of proof is not proof of absence....

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck...

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shado...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe ...

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt....

God made the country, and man made the town....

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He pl...

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce ...

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed...

Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is hu...

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;Wisdom is hum...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble t...

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never wil...

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the he...

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God....

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach....

No one was ever scolded out of their sins....

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him ...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy...

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy ...

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way,...