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.
ABRAHAM COWLEYHis time’s forever, everywhere his place.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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Coy Nature, (which remain’d, though aged grown, A beauteous virgin still, enjoy’d by none, Nor seen unveil’d by anyone),
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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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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May I a small house and 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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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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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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To th’ active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn’s string a touch more sore and grave.
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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
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But what is woman? Only one of nature’s agreeable blunders.
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Man is too near all kinds of beasts,–a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.
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Nothing in Nature’s sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high
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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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