Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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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The monster London laugh at me.
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
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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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Fill the bowl with rosy wine, around our temples roses twine, And let us cheerfully awhile, like wine and roses, smile.
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A mighty pain to love it is, And ’tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.
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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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Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning’s gentle wine!
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty’s handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
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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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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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