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His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong his life, I'm sure, was in the right.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
Essayist
Playwright
Poet
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Right
Life
Tenets
Perhaps
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Faith

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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.
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Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.
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I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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