5 William Cowper Quotes on Society

William Cowper quotes on society

41. Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.

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

70. O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?

82. 'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.

103. No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.