William Cowper Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.

  William Cowper

  War, Successful, Solitude

• Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Selfish, War

  William Cowper (1845). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.1

• War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

  William Cowper

  Wise, Kings, War

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 5 'The Winter Morning Walk' l. 187

• Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

  William Cowper

  War, Skills, Doing Nothing

  'Table Talk' (1782) l. 192

• A noisy man is always in the right.

  William Cowper

  War, Men, Noisy

  William Cowper (1826). “Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery”, p.169

• Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.

  William Cowper

  War, Hero, Writing

  William Cowper, Henry Stebbing (1839). “Poems with a Memoir of the Author by Henry Stebbing”, p.268

• But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.

  William Cowper

  Wise, Baby, Kings

  1785 The Task, bk.5,'The Winter Morning Walk', l.187-92.

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