Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

Quote by William Cowper

Topics: Manners Quotes

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

Thus always teasing others, and days teas'd, His only pleasure is to be displeas'd

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling...

It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling...

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back...

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul...

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul...

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then...

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment,...