:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
ABRAHAM COWLEYOf all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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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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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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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 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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Fill the bowl with rosy wine, around our temples roses twine, And let us cheerfully awhile, like wine and roses, smile.
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The liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river’s bank expecting stay
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The world’s a scene of changes.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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