William Cowper Quotes About Purpose

Quotes about: Purpose

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

  William Cowper

  Life, Happiness, Littles

• Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace;
  Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
  His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.

  William Cowper

  Sweet, Judging, Grace

  'Olney Hymns' (1779) 'Light Shining out of Darkness'

• Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse.

  William Cowper

  Despair, Milk, Purpose

  William Cowper (1853). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel”, p.78

• He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.

  William Cowper

  Views, Purpose, World

  William Cowper, Robert Southey (1837). “Life and Works, by Robert Southey. - London, Baldwin and Crodok 1835-1837”, p.112

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