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Letter "W" » William Cowper Quotes
«'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right, by chance»
«War lays a burden on the reeling state,And peace does nothing to relieve the weight.»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
| Keywords:
reel, reeled, Reeling, Reels, Reel to, relieve, The Weight
«When was public virtue to be found when private was not?»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
«Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.»
«He that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.»
«In indolent vacuity of thought.»
«He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.And all are slaves beside.»
«As if the world and they were hand and glove.»
«Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.»
«Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he k»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
| Keywords:
builds, encumber, encumbered, encumbering, encumbers, enrich, fitted, materials, rude, smoothed, squared
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