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Results of search for Author: William Cowper - Page 1 of 1
Showing results 1 to 6 of 6 total quotations found.

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800)

Results from Classic Quotes:

Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
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.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800), Task (bk. IV, l. 120)

Results from Cole's Quotables:

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance
A fool must now and then be right, by chance.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800), Conversation

Results from Poor Man's College:

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.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

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.
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William Cowper (1731 - 1800), The Retired Cat
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