William Cowper Quotes About Wit

Quotes about: Wit

• His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.

  William Cowper

  Home, Looks, Wit

  'Conversation' (1782) l. 303

• A Christian's wit is offensive light,
  A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight;
  Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth,
  'Tis always active on the side of truth.

  William Cowper

  Christian, Grieving, Light

• The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.

  William Cowper

  Sports, Reading, Giving

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.113

• Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

  William Cowper

  Genius, Substitutes, Authorship

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham (1835). “The works ¬of William Cowper: Poems : with an essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper”, p.19

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