Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
ABRAHAM COWLEYGod the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
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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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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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There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.
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Fill all the Glasses there; for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master’s humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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Ah, yet, e’er I descend to th’ grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true
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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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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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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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