No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERNo man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse begets reform.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERAccomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPERYe therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
WILLIAM COWPERDetested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
WILLIAM COWPERSatan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPERA fool must now and then be right, by chance
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPERTea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPERThis fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERThus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
WILLIAM COWPERWe are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
WILLIAM COWPERA life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
WILLIAM COWPER