William Cowper Quotes About Judgment

Quotes about: Judgment

• Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

  William Cowper

  Degrees, Judgment, Pleasure

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.21

• Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

  William Cowper

  Positive, Men, Way

  William Cowper (1872). “The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc”, p.177

• And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.

  William Cowper

  Truth, Lying, Judgement

  William Cowper (1805). “Poems”, p.93

• Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.

  William Cowper

  Names, Fascination, Judgment

  William Cowper (1835). “The Poems of William Cowper ...”, p.282

• He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.

  William Cowper

  Men, Speech, Ambassadors

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.141

• It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

  William Cowper

  Judgment, Should, Mischief

  Devit v. College of Dublin, Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249, as quoted in "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations" by James William Norton-Kyshe (1904), p. 176, 1720.

• Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense? I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.

  William Cowper

  Forgiveness, Blessing, Enemy

  William Cowper (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783”

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