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Letter "W" » William Cowper Quotes
«A self-made man? Yes - and worships his creator»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
«Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
«The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.»
«No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
«An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as if it stands»
«Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia give the world repose»
«Happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
«I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau - If birds confabulate or no»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
| Keywords:
confabulate, Jacques, jean, Jean Jacques, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau
«A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge: / He says but little, and that little said / Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. / His wit invites you by his looks to come, / But when you knock, it never is at home.»
«With spots quadrangular of diamond form,/ Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, / And spades, the emblem of untimely graves.»
Author: William Cowper
(Poet)
| Keywords:
diamond, Graves, quadrangular, spade, spades, spots, untimely
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