William Cowper Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• 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

• The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more."

  William Cowper

  Lying, Night, Done

• And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.

  William Cowper

  Lying, Poet, Boast

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.47

• Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

  William Cowper

  Money, Lying, Names

  'Table Talk' (1782) l. 420 (Perjury)

• When scandal has new-minted an old lie,
  Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply,
  'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears
  Gathering around it with erected ears;
  A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd,
  Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud,
  Just as the sapience of an author's brain,
  Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.

  William Cowper

  Lying, Names, Brain

  William Cowper, Henry Stebbing (1869). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc. ; with a Memoir of the Author”, p.124

• Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die

  William Cowper

  Lying, Sick, Solitude

  William Cowper (1857). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.124

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