William Cowper Quotes

English - Poet November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

Sea, God, Plants, Storm, Way, Mysterious

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. - William Cowper

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Selfish, Guilt, Glory, Principles, Shame

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. - William Cowper

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Gardening, Garden, Who, Greenhouse, Too

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

Wisdom, Knowledge, Humble, Proud, More

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. - William Cowper

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Life, Spice, Very, Variety, Flavor

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

Man, Patriotism, Empty, Patriot, Stomach

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

Innocent, Find, Uncomfortable, Pillow

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Life, Happiness, True Happiness, Purpose

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Egg, Pleasure, Remorse, Fatal, Laid

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. - William Cowper

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

Satan, He, Knees, Saint, Sees, Weakest

God made the country, and man made the town. - William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

God, Man, Country, Town, Made

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

Wisdom, Truth, Weed, Honey, Lead, Gather

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Love, Sad, Hope, Death, Love Is, Absence

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

Man, Who, Creator, Self-Made, Yes, His

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.

Day, Live, You, Tomorrow, Will, Darkest

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Nature, Happiness, Things, Than, Most

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.

Children, Soul, Well Done, Done, Windows

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

Enough, Who, Knows, Duke

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

Face, Solitude, Better, Place, Than

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

Man, Step, Mistakes, Way, Things, He

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

God, Heart, Man, Compassion, Never, Will

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.

Blood, Theme, Hear, Supreme, Each, Blest

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

Home, Been, How, Much, Sent, How Much

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom, Humble, More, He, Knows

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.

Friend, Fight, Shadows, Worth, Single

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