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William Cowper on Wisdom

1731–1800 England

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7 quotes

Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

The Task (1785)

A fool must now and then be right by chance.

Conversation (1782)

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart
Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

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

Conversation (1782)

But they whom truth and wisdom lead
Can gather honey from a weed.

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
And growing old in drawing nothing up.

The Task (1785)

Some people are more nice than wise.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Cowper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.