Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
ABRAHAM COWLEYNothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th’ approaches of the last.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Coy Nature, (which remain’d, though aged grown, A beauteous virgin still, enjoy’d by none, Nor seen unveil’d by anyone),
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The monster London laugh at me.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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Man is too near all kinds of beasts,–a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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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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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
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