Author: William Cowper

Quotes

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

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

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

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