Quote #10
I believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.
More from William Cowper
- Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
- An honest man, close-buttoned to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within.
- Candid, and generous, and just, Boys care but little whom they trust, An error soon corrected- For who but learns in riper years That man, …
- Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a luster, he that runs may read.
- Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay bu…
- Toll for the brave - The brave! that are no more; All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore!
- 'Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway; Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.' Such the bard's prophetic words…
- And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary!