245 ordspråk av William Cowper
William Cowper
William Cowper föddes den November 15th 1731 och dog den 25 April 1800 - One of the most widely read English poets of his day.
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 Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. |
| Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day |
| Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these, reciprocally, those again. |
| For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right |
| For loss of time, / Although it grieved him sore, / Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, / Would trouble him much more. |
| Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves however contented never know |
| From reveries so airy, from the toil / Of dropping buckets into empty wells, / And growing old in drawing nothing up. |
| Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt |
| God made the country and man made the town |
| God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. |
| Great contest follows, and much learned dust / Involves the combatants. |
| Great princes have great playthings. |
| Greece, sound thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, / But England's Milton equals both in fame. |
| Grief is itself a med'cine. |
| Happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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