His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
ABRAHAM COWLEY
To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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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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What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
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It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader’s ear to hear anything of praise from him.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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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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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
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The present is an eternal now.
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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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The Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame
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Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb’d as Death, the Night.
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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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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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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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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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