William Cowper Quotes

    Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
    William Cowper
    Wisdom
    Absence from whom we love is worse than death, And frustrate hope severer than despair.
    William Cowper
    Love
    But oars alone can ne'er prevail Or all the toil is lost.
    William Cowper
    Perseverance
    Reasoning at every step he treads, Are rarely known to stray.
    William Cowper
    Wisdom
    Fate steals along with silent tread, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
    William Cowper
    Philosophy
    True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
    William Cowper
    Generosity
    Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, And Heaven reflected in her face.
    William Cowper
    Nature
    Candid, and generous, and just,Is most to be suspected?
    William Cowper
    Character
    Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
    William Cowper
    Ethics

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