William Cowper Quotes

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

William Cowper

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

William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

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.

William Cowper

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

William Cowper

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

William Cowper

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

William Cowper

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

William Cowper

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

William Cowper