8 William Cowper Quotes on Ethics

William Cowper quotes on ethics

18. Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.

29. Glory, built On selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

39. He would not, with a peremptory tone, Assert the nose upon his face his own.

62. A hat not much the worse for wear.

78. Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.

95. But many a crime deem'd innocent on earth Is register'd in Heaven; and these no doubt Have each their record, with a curse annex'd. Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, But God will never.

96. I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.

104. The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.