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William Cowper Quotes

«Domestic happiness, thou only blissOf Paradise that has survived the fall!»
Author: William Cowper (Poet)
«A firm persuasion of the superintendence of Providence over all our concerns is absolutely necessary to our happiness.»
«My sin and judgment are alike peculiar. I am a castaway, deserted and condemned.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: castaway
«A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, -- and no other can.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: affront, affronts
«Men deal with life as children with their play,Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: misuse, toys
«Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true - / A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: Truth The
«Always, ere he mounted, kissed his horse.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: mounted
«To follow foolish precedents, and winkWith both our eyes, is easier than to think.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: precedents, wink
«Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet)
«Some men make gain a fountain whence proceedsA stream of liberal and heroic deeds.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: whence