Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
ABRAHAM COWLEYNothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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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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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
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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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Why dost thou build up stately rooms on high, Thou who art under ground to lie? Thou sow’st and plantest, but no fruit must see, For death, alas! is reaping thee.
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Why to mute fish should’st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?
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To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man’s, into the world, as it is God’s.
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All this world’s noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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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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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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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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