Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
ABRAHAM COWLEYIt was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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Come, my best Friends! my Books! and lead me on.
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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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Fill all the Glasses there; for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
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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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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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The present is an eternal now.
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Ah, yet, e’er I descend to th’ grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true
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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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