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> [Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/acquaintance-i-would-have-but-when-it-depends-not-on-number-but-the/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

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## More by Abraham Cowley

> [All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/all-the-world-s-bravery-that-delights-our-eyes-is-but-thy-several/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/the-liberty-of-a-people-consists-in-being-governed-by-laws-which-they/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [The monster London laugh at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/the-monster-london-laugh-at-me/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [His time's forever, everywhere his place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/his-time-s-forever-everywhere-his-place/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/i-confess-i-love-littleness-almost-in-all-things-a-little-convenient/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [The Sunflow'r, thinking 'twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t' excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/the-sunflow-r-thinking-twas-for-him-foul-shame-to-nap-by-daylight/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/nothing-is-to-come-and-nothing-past-but-an-eternal-now-does-always/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/we-may-talk-what-we-please-he-cries-in-his-enthusiasm-for-the-oldest/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/solitude-can-be-used-well-by-very-few-people-they-who-do-must-have-a/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/stones-of-small-worth-may-lie-unseen-by-day-but-night-itself-does-the/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/gold-begets-in-brethren-hate-gold-in-families-debate-gold-does/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/poets-by-death-are-conquer-d-but-the-wit-of-poets-triumphs-over-it/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [s a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/s-a-scene-of-changes-and-to-be-constant-in-nature-were-inconstancy/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/may-i-a-small-house-and-large-garden-have-and-a-few-friends-and-many/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

> [Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces, and yet so humble too as not to scorn the meanest country cottages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/sleep-is-a-god-too-proud-to-wait-in-palaces-and-yet-so-humble-too-as/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

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