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Absence of occupation is not rest. — William Cowper

Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home. — William Cowper

Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more. — William Cowper

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart; he does not feel for man. — William Cowper

Words cannot be remote from reality when they create reality. — John Cowper Powys

Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts. — William Cowper

But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! — William Cowper

I am out of humanity's reach. — William Cowper

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience. — William Cowper

I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy's door. — William Cowper

The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. — William Cowper

The proud are ever most provoked by pride. — William Cowper

But poverty, with most who whimper forth
Their long complaints, is self-inflicted woe;
The effect of laziness, or sottish write. — William Cowper

My soul is sick with every day's report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. — William Cowper

Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom. — William Cowper

And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. — William Cowper

And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most. — William Cowper

The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. — William Cowper

Blest be the art that can immortalize,
the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it. — William Cowper

Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
His only answer was, a blameless life. — William Cowper

Oh winter, king of fire side enjoyments, home born happiness. — William Cowper

When was public virtue to be found when private was not? — William Cowper

Folly ends where genuine hope begins. — William Cowper

The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing. — William Cowper

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. — William Cowper

Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes. — William Cowper

All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;
Object of my implacable disgust. — William Cowper

How! leap into the pit our life to save?
To save our life leap all into the grave. — William Cowper

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. — William Cowper

[My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could. — William Cowper

The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man. — William Cowper

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge — William Cowper

The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. — William Cowper

Religion does not censure or exclude
Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued. — William Cowper

Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. — William Cowper

Eternity for bubbles proves at last a senseless bargain. — William Cowper

You know what he thinks of Cowper and Scott; — Jane Austen

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. — William Cowper

Heaven's harmony is universal love. — William Cowper

The darkest day if you live till tomorrow will have past away. — William Cowper

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. — William Cowper

A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair;
Honesty shines with great advantage there. — William Cowper

If the world like it not, so much the worse for them. — William Cowper

He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. — William Cowper

Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all it's flavour. — William Cowper

Most of the pathetic scenes in almost everybody's life are scenes unnoted by anyone and totally disregarded by the person in question. — John Cowper Powys

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. — William Cowper

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger. — William Cowper

She, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke. — William Cowper

I am out of humanity's reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own. — William Cowper

Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall! — William Cowper

Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. — William Cowper

We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean. — William Cowper

I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin. — William Cowper

Misery still delights to trace
Its semblance in another's case. — William Cowper

Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace. — William Cowper

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. — William Cowper

So let us welcome peaceful evening in. — William Cowper

Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing,
Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound. — William Cowper

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper

Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. — William Cowper

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own. — William Cowper

Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark. — William Cowper

Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. — William Cowper

In a fleshy tomb I am buried above ground. — William Cowper

One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth. — John Cowper Powys

A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. — William Cowper

A fool must now and then be right by chance. - WILLIAM COWPER — Jim Paul

The love that interferes and knows not how to leave alone is a love alien to Nature's ways. — John Cowper Powys

Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. — William Cowper

But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world. A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm. — William Cowper

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

The still small voice is wanted. — William Cowper

The trouble with Texas Baptists is that we do not hold them under water long enough. — William Cowper Brann

With spots quadrangular of diamond form, ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, and spades, the emblems of untimely graves. — William Cowper

Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word! — William Cowper

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. — William Cowper

Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams. — William Cowper

Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases. — William Cowper

Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart
To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art. — William Cowper

Fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. — William Cowper

Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. — William Cowper

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. — William Cowper

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

Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too. — William Cowper

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. — William Cowper

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. — William Cowper

There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. — William Cowper

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. — William Cowper

A teacher should be sparing of his smile. — William Cowper

No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. — William Cowper

Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd
Please daily, and whose novelty survives
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years. — William Cowper

Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day. — William Cowper

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put
To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply. — William Cowper

Spare feast! a radish and an egg. — William Cowper

Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace? — William Cowper

Men deal with life as children with their play,
Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. — William Cowper

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? — William Cowper

When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow? — William Cowper

Tea - the cups that cheer but not inebriate. — William Cowper