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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Abraham Cowley
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Abraham Cowley
Age: 49 †
Born: 1618
Born: January 1
Died: 1667
Died: July 28
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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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We may talk what we please, he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, 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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To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city to be a philosopher, from the world or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.
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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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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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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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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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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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s a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy.
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The world's a scene of changes.
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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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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 The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man's left to epitomize!
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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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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone, And still a new to-morrow does come on. We by to-morrow draw out all our store, Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
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All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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