7 William Cowper Quotes on Life

William Cowper quotes on life

12. Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a luster, he that runs may read.

30. Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose.

64. God made the country, and man made the town.

71. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.

76. From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.

84. With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.

99. Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.