Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
ABRAHAM COWLEYThe 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.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
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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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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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The Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame
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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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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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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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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose,
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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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Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne’er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov’d and loving me.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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