William Cowper Quotes

William Cowper
English Poet
Born: Nov 26, 1731
Died: Apr 25, 1800
Absence God He Heart Man Who
Related authors: Alexander Pope Alfred Lord Tennyson John Keats John Milton Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert Browning William Blake William Wordsworth
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. William Cowper
Selfish Guilt Shame Principles Glory Built
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. William Cowper
Satan Trembles Weakest Sees He Knees Saint
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. William Cowper
God Plants Way Mysterious He Perform Footsteps His Wonders Moves Storm Sea Rides
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. William Cowper
Wisdom Knowledge Humble More Knows Proud Much
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. William Cowper
Gardening Garden Too Greenhouse Loves Who
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. William Cowper
Happiness Life Strange True Happiness Owes Everything Ourselves Only Purpose True Existence Squandering Owe Little Us Bargain
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. William Cowper
Sad Love Death Hope Love Is Despair Worse Absence Than Frustrate Whom
Absence of proof is not proof of absence. William Cowper
Proof Absence
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. William Cowper
Home Has-Been Roam How How Much Been Dunce Sent Much Kept
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. William Cowper
Wisdom Truth Weed Honey Lead Whom Gather
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. William Cowper
Man Patriotism Empty Empty Stomach Stomach Patriot
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. William Cowper
Pleasure Remorse Egg Laid Fatal
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. William Cowper
God Man Heart Compassion Will Never His May Dismiss
Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. William Cowper
Positive Men Judgment Way Pronounce Feel Without Where Dismay Creep
Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend. William Cowper
Fight Worth Single Depend Find Shadows Leads Friend Truths Which While Eternal Bigots Forth Ceremony Prepared Her Hardly Things
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. William Cowper
Mind Rest Distressed Absence Occupation Quite Vacant
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting. William Cowper
Way Tail Stuck Feeble Sting Epigram Straw Thing
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. William Cowper
Man Mistakes Every Every Step Way Rarely He Step Instinct Leads Known His His Way Whilst Meaner Reasoning Whom Stray Things
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. William Cowper
World Rest Half Wild Possessed Enthusiast Could Like Him Till
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. William Cowper
God Good Nature Cause Name Effect Whose
A fool must now and then be right, by chance. William Cowper
Fool Must Then Now Now And Then Right Chance
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. William Cowper
Man Change Mind Made Pleased Earth Various Studious Might Novelty

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