William Cowper Quotes
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Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
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When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears Gathering around it with erected ears; A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd, Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud, Just as the sapience of an author's brain, Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.
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Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.
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But poverty, with most who whimper forth Their long complaints, is self-inflicted woe; The effect of laziness, or sottish write.
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No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.
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He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.
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Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
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All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn; Object of my implacable disgust.
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Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
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Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
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[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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The beggarly last doit.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.