14 quotes by 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

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“Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.” — William Cowper

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“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.” — William Cowper

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“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.” — William Cowper

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“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

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“Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.” — William Cowper

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“How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.” — William Cowper

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“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.” — William Cowper

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“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

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“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.” — William Cowper

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“Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.” — William Cowper

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“Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.” — William Cowper

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“They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.” — William Cowper

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“Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.” — William Cowper

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