What did William Cowper mean by: Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. - William Cowper Poet · England Copy
+ For when was public virtue to be found Where private was not? Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Liberty, Virtue, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Man on the dubious waves of error toss’d. Feraz Zeid, August 12, 2023December 12, 2023, William Cowper, Dubious, Errors, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,- A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Brilliant, Truth, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Tears, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Spring, Time, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. Feraz Zeid, September 27, 2023December 26, 2023, William Cowper, Innocence, Innocent, Uncomfortable, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Happiness, Nature, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom. Feraz Zeid, June 17, 2023December 12, 2023, William Cowper, Dog, Friendship, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Once you learn the art of relaxation, everything happens spontaneously and effortlessly. - Mata Amritanandamayi Spiritual leader and humanitarian · India
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia