What did William Cowper mean by: For when was public virtue to be found Where private was not? - William Cowper Poet · England Copy
+ Heaven’s harmony is universal love. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, William Cowper, Heaven, religious, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Degrees, Judgment, Pleasure, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Charity, Reform, 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
+ Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Children, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Home, Wit, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Daughter, Eye, Sky, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Our love is principle, and has its root In reason, is judicious, manly, free. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Love, Roots, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Ainsi que la vertu, le crime a ses degre s. Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
