Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
More Quotes from William Cowper:
No one was ever scolded out of their sins.William Cowper
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
William Cowper
He that holds fast the golden mean,And lives contently betweenThe little and the great,Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.
William Cowper
Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile.
William Cowper
Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia give the world repose
William Cowper
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William Cowper
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Life Quotes, Purposes QuotesBased on Keywords: squandering
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
Franz Grillparzer
I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar.
Tom Jenkinson
Only a few millionaires with wet bottoms were very disappointed.
Tom Callahan