Quotations

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. FreePaperz now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Authors

(Click a letter to view the authors)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
W
X Y Z

William Cowper Quotes

«It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound; that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st»
«Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,Exhilarate the spirit, and restoreThe tone of languid nature.»
«Mine is an unchanging love,Higher than the heights above,Deeper than the depths beneath,Free and faithful, strong as death.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: depths, heights, unchanging
«No dancing bear was so genteel, / Or half so d?gag»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: genteel
«The pipe, with solemn interposing puff,Makes half a sentence at a time enough;The dozing sages drop the drowsy strain,Then pause, and puff -- and speak, and pause again.»
«Toll for the brave - / The brave! that are no more: / All sunk beneath the wave, / Fast by their native shore.»
«Can a woman's tender care / Cease towards the child she bare? / Yes, she may forgetful be,/ Yet will I remember thee.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: forgetful
«Thousands, careless of the damning sin, / Kiss the book's outside who ne'er look within.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: careless, damning
«Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. . . . When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme.»
«A life all turbulence and noise may seem,To him that leads it, wise and to be praised;But wisdom is a pearl with most successSought in still water, and beneath clear skies.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: pearl, praised, skies, turbulence

Pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next »