William Cowper Quotes
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All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn; Object of my implacable disgust.
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No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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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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Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
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Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
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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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No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
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He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.
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I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.
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The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease, After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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.