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William Cowper
November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800
Nationality: English
Category: Poet
Subcategory: English Poet

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

   

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

   

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

   

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

   

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

   

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.

   

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

   

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

   

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

   

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

   

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

   

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

   

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

   

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

   

God made the country, and man made the town.

   

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

   

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