His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
ABRAHAM COWLEYWhy 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?
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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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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Our yesterday’s to-morrow now is gone, And still a new to-morrow does come on. We by to-morrow draw out all our store, Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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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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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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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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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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To-day is ours; what do we fear? To-day is ours; we have it here. Let’s treat it kindly, that it may Wish, at least, with us to stay.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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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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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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