Quote

God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.

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
Money
Cole
Made
Pits
Men
Bees
Providence
Honey
Devil
Sin
Pride

More quotes by William Cowper

Image
I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know.
William Cowper
Image
Even in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor much consol'd, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates.
William Cowper
Image
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper
Image
... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.
William Cowper
Image
Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.
William Cowper
Image
Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
William Cowper
Image
Fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
William Cowper
Image
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
William Cowper
Image
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
William Cowper
Image
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
William Cowper
Image
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.
William Cowper
Image
All we behold is miracle.
William Cowper
Image
Man in society is like a flow'r, Blown in its native bed. 'Tis there alone His faculties expanded in full bloom Shine out, there only reach their proper use.
William Cowper
Image
Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.
William Cowper
Image
Remorse begets reform.
William Cowper
Image
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William Cowper
Image
A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair Honesty shines with great advantage there.
William Cowper
Image
War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
William Cowper
Image
A teacher should be sparing of his smile.
William Cowper