Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or cowper:
“I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“A fretful temper will divide
The closest knot that may be tied,
By ceaseless sharp corrosion;
A temper passionate and fierce
May suddenly your joys disperse
At one immense explosion.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)