Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
ABRAHAM COWLEYBoth wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne’er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov’d and loving me.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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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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Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep’rate friends.
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The present is an eternal now.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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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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All this world’s noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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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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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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When Harvey’s violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree
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