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

Quote by William Cowper

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William Cowper, a renowned English poet, was born on November 26, 1731, and died on April 25, 1800. Known for his lyrical and satirical poems, Cowper's works held a significant place in English literature during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. more

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“I am out of humanity's reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.”

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Book:Poems

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“As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon, So sophistry, cleaves close to, and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.”

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Author:William Cowper

“Some people are more nice than wise.”

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Book:The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author

Source: The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author

“I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be equal to the task of closing every couplet with sounds homotonous, expressing at the same time the full sense, and only the full sense of his original.”

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Book:The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence

Source: The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence

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

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Book:The works ¬of William Cowper: Poems : with an essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper

Source: The works ¬of William Cowper: Poems : with an essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper

“Laugh at all you trembled at before.”

Author:William Cowper

“I am out of humanity's reach.”

Author:William Cowper

“When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.”

Moments Hands Seems My Own Land Despair Native Alas Recollection Native Land

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“There is a mixture of evil in everything we do; indulgence encourages us to encroach, while we Crabbe exercise the rights of children, we become childish.”

Children Evil Rights Exercise Mixtures Indulgence

Author:William Cowper

“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.”

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Author:William Cowper