What did William Cowper mean by: Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains. - William Cowper Poet · England Copy
+ But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Art, Crowns, God, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 26, 2023, William Cowper, Book, Spells, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Rich, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ There is no flesh in man’s obdurate heart; he does not feel for man. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Heart, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ There is in souls a sympathy with sounds. Feraz Zeid, October 7, 2023December 26, 2023, William Cowper, Music, Soul, Sympathy, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ The proud are ever most provoked by pride. Feraz Zeid, October 9, 2023December 26, 2023, William Cowper, Pride, Proud, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ All truth is precious, if not all divine; and what dilates the powers must needs refine. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Divine, Truth, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
+ Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Cowper, Enemy, Mountain, 0 - William Cowper Poet · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot Economist and journalist · England
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
