Quote

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

William Cowper

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Miscellaneous
Suicide
Absence
Proof
Healthy
Motivational
Inspirational

More quotes by William Cowper

Image
For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it comes to light, In every cranny but the right.
William Cowper
Image
A fool must now and then be right, by chance
William Cowper
Image
The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
William Cowper
Image
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
William Cowper
Image
Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at a market-price!
William Cowper
Image
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
William Cowper
Image
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume And we are weeds without it.
William Cowper
Image
Lights of the world, and stars of human race.
William Cowper
Image
The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
William Cowper
Image
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
William Cowper
Image
Folly ends where genuine hope begins.
William Cowper
Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.
William Cowper
Image
Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial climates into one.
William Cowper
Image
Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.
William Cowper
Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
William Cowper
Image
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
William Cowper
Image
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue the only lasting treasure, truth.
William Cowper
Image
Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
William Cowper
Image
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper