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

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

- 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

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

- 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

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

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

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

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