All William Cowper Quotes
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
William Cowper
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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
William Cowper
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
William Cowper
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.
William Cowper
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O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
William Cowper
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
William Cowper
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Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
William Cowper
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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
William Cowper
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William Cowper
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
William Cowper
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
William Cowper
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