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.
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 world’s a scene of changes.
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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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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
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It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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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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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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