May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
ABRAHAM COWLEYWho lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Life is an incurable disease.
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“We may talk what we please,” he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, “of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles
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Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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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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Poets by Death are conquer’d but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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The monster London laugh at me.
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
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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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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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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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Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
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