Author: William Cowper

Quotes

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

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

- William Cowper

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

- William Cowper

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

- 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

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

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

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

- William Cowper

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

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