Abraham Cowley Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

35 Famous Quotes by Abraham Cowley
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“A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.”
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“Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.”
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“Life is an incurable disease”
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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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“This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high”
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“Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good!”
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“We may talk as we please of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles in fields of d'or or d'argent, but if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in the field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms”
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“The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair”
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“Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep'rate friends”
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“Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make”
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