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William Cowper quotes

English Poet November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800

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William Cowper quote: "Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates..."
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too."
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. William Cowper
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer..."
Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior..."
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. William Cowper
Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive..."
Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God."
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He..."
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "God moves in mysterious ways. His wonders to performs"
God moves in mysterious ways. His wonders to performs William Cowper
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. William Cowper
William Cowper quote: "The good we never miss we rarely prize"
The good we never miss we rarely prize 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
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn. Throws up a steamy column and the cups. That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in. William Cowper

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