Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
ABRAHAM COWLEYWhat shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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This a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy.
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In fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms.”
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The liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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Curs’d be that wretch (Death’s factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
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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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I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Does not the passage of Moses and the Israelites into the Holy Land yield incomparably more poetic variety than the voyages of Ulysses or Aeneas?
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I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.
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