Quotes by Cowper, William

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your bac >>

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was posses >>

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without su >>

Quotations about Solitude

Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are. >>

The right to be alone -- the most comprehensive of rights, and the rig >>

Life without a friend is death without a witness. >>

Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.

Cowper, William