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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
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His time's forever, everywhere his place.
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?
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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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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high-- Fill all the Glasses there for why Should every Creature Drink but I? Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?
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The present is an eternal now.
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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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There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.
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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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Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me.
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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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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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Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
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The world's a scene of changes.
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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.
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