All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
ABRAHAM COWLEYThere have been fewer friends on earth than kings.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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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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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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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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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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Life is an incurable disease.
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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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To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
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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 getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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