A mighty pain to love it is, And ’tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.
ABRAHAM COWLEYStones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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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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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
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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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But what is woman? Only one of nature’s agreeable blunders.
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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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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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Nothing in Nature’s sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high
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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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