His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I’m sure, was in the right.
ABRAHAM COWLEYThe present is an eternal now.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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The present is an eternal now.
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To-day is ours; what do we fear? To-day is ours; we have it here. Let’s treat it kindly, that it may Wish, at least, with us to stay.
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Why to mute fish should’st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?
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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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“We may talk what we please,” he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, “of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles
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What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river’s bank expecting stay
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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.
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Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Or what is worse, be left by it? Why dost thou load thyself when thou ‘rt to fly, Oh, man! ordain’d to die?
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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