A mighty pain to love it is, And ’tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.
ABRAHAM COWLEYThe liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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The present is an eternal now.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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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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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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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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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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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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Curs’d be that wretch (Death’s factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make.
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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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When Harvey’s violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree
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Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces, and yet so humble too as not to scorn the meanest country cottages.
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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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