What did William Cowper mean by: But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. - William Cowper Poet · England Copy
+ Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. Feraz Zeid, August 16, 2023December 12, 2023, William Cowper, Eggs, Pleasure, Regret, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. Feraz Zeid, September 23, 2023December 24, 2023, William Cowper, Ease, Happiness, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ But what is truth? ‘Twas Pilate’s question put To Truth itself, that deign’d him no reply. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Truth, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ All constraint, / Except what wisdom lays on evil men, / Is evil. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Constraints, Evil, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Authorship, Genius, Substitutes, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ A lawyer’s dealings should be just and fair; Honesty shines with great advantage there. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Honesty, Lawyer, Shining, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Kissing, Soul, Tears, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ No one was ever scolded out of their sins. Feraz Zeid, July 13, 2023January 10, 2024, William Cowper, Sin, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Magician · France
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency. - Jeremy Collier Clergyman · England
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
If a man doesn’t find ease in himself, ’tis in vain to seek it elsewhere. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground. - François Rabelais Author · France
This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
