Author: William Cowper

Quotes

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 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

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

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

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

- William Cowper

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

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

- William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

- William Cowper

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

- William Cowper

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

- William Cowper

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