William Cowper Quotes

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  • O, popular applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?Upload to Facebook
    O, popular applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
    ~ William Cowper
    Chiasmus   
  • But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.Upload to Facebook
    But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
    ~ William Cowper
    War / Leadership   
  • Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.Upload to Facebook
    Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
    ~ William Cowper
    Knowledge / Wisdom   
  • There is a pleasure in poetic pains which only poets know.Upload to Facebook
    There is a pleasure in poetic pains which only poets know.
    ~ William Cowper
    Poetry   
  • Absence from whom we love is worse than death.Upload to Facebook
    Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
    ~ William Cowper
    Love / Death   
  • Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.Upload to Facebook
    Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
    ~ William Cowper
    Men / Life   
  • Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.Upload to Facebook
    Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
    ~ William Cowper
    Nature / God   
  • A fool must now and then be right, by chance.Upload to Facebook
    A fool must now and then be right, by chance.
    ~ William Cowper
    Fools   
  • I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.Upload to Facebook
    I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
    ~ William Cowper
    Interesting   
  • I believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.Upload to Facebook
    I believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.
    ~ William Cowper
    Spiritual   
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