William Cowper Quotes about Truth

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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

William Cowper

Weed, Wisdom, Truth

William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.124

Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.

William Cowper

Truth, Fighting, Shadow

William Cowper (1835). “The Poems of William Cowper ...”, p.65

A fool must now and then be right, by chance

William Cowper

Truth, Humorous, Intellectual

"Conversation" l. 96 (1782)

And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.

William Cowper

Truth, Lying, Judgement

William Cowper (1805). “Poems”, p.93

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.

William Cowper

Truth

William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.186