William Cowper Quotes About Shame

Quotes about: Shame

• Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Selfish, War

  William Cowper (1845). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.1

• If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.

  William Cowper

  Strong, Attitude, Men

  William Cowper (1853). “The Works of William Cowper”, p.29

• I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.

  William Cowper

  Pain, Men, Self

  William Cowper (1811). “Poems”, p.237

• But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre he that runs may read.

  William Cowper

  Running, Reading, Shining

  William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.277

• True modesty is a discerning grace
  And only blushes in the proper place;
  But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear,
  Where 'tis a shame to be asham'd t' appear:
  Humility the parent of the first,
  The last by vanity produc'd and nurs'd.

  William Cowper

  Humility, Vanity, Parent

  William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.125

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