His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
-- Conversation, Line 303
But when you knock, it never is at home.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
-- Conversation, Line 303
Related:
- You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come;
Knock as you please,
there 's nobody at home. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)... - He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.
William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Conversation, Line... - Built God a church, and laugh'd his word to scorn.
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William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Retirement, Line... - Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,
The substitute for genius,
sense, and wit. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) --... - Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William Cowper (1731... - A moral, sensible, and well-bred man
Will not affront me,
and no other can. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) ... - I cannot talk with civet in the room,
A fine puss-gentleman that 's all perfume.
William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Conversation, Line... - That good diffused may more abundant grow.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
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Conversation, Line... - The solemn fop; significant and budge;
A fool with judges,
amongst fools a judge. -- William Cowper (1731-1800)...
