Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
ABRAHAM COWLEYFill all the Glasses there; for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
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Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Or what is worse, be left by it? Why dost thou load thyself when thou ‘rt to fly, Oh, man! ordain’d to die?
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The world’s a scene of changes.
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His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I’m sure, was in the right.
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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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Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th’ approaches of the last.
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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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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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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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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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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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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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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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