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

Quote by William Cowper

Topics: Manners Quotes

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change,...

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has...

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has...

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek...

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.

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a...

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only...

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he...

John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he...

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths,...

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths,...

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . . Thou fountain, at which drink...

Thou god of our idolatry, the press. . . . Thou fountain, at which drink...

I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and...

I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and...

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...