William Cowper

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.

All learned, and all drunk!

All learned, and all drunk!

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture,
let us be more ashamed of shabby read more

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture,
let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy
philosophies. . . . It would be a sad situation if the wrapper
were better than the meat wrapped inside it.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to
be living apart.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to
be living apart.