Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
ABRAHAM COWLEY
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.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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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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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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In fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms.”
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Hope! fortune’s cheating lottery; when for one prize an hundred blanks there be!
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As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.
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Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb’d as Death, the Night.
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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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And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.
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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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