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Quotes by William Cowper

English poet & translator (1731 - 1800)

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.

O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it comes to light, In every cranny but the right.

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign.