William Cowper Quotes
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But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!
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A noisy man is always in the right.
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Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
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Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
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Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.
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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.
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Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.
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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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Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued.
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If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in.
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It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
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In the vast, and the minute, we see The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds.