"Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns" — Andrew Marvell
"Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns"
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Andrew Marvell
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29 Quotes by Andrew Marvell
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Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness; The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its…
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And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
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Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.
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How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the oak, or bays; / And their incessant labours see…
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I have a garden of my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To…
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Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
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Art indeed is long, but life is short.
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So much one man can do that does both act and know.
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As lines, so loves oblique, may well Themselves in every angle greet; But ours, so truly parallel, Though infinite, can…
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Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide.
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Annihilating all that's made, To a green thought in a green shade.
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No white nor red was ever seen So am'rous as this lovely green. Fond lovers, cruel as their flame, Cut…
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