William Cowper - Man Quotes

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My dog! what remedy remains,
Since, teach you all I can,
I see you, after all my pains,
So much resemble man!

William Cowper

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one...

William Cowper

He that holds fast the golden mean, 22
And lives contentedly between
The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.

William Cowper

O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?

William Cowper

A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.

William Cowper

But what is man in his own proud esteem?
Hear him, himself the poet and the theme;
A monarch clothed with majesty and awe,
His mind his kingdom and his will his law.

William Cowper