I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
ABRAHAM COWLEYWhen Harvey’s violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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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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The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur’d dance of all. And this is Musick.
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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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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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There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.
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This a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy.
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Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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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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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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