Best Abraham Cowley Quotes
- For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room. Home
- Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray. Betray
- Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind. Bald
- Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it. Conquer
- 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… Ah
- But what is woman? Only one of nature's agreeable blunders. Agreeable
- His time's forever, everywhere his place. Everywhere
- Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last. Approach
- s a scene of changes, and to be constant in Nature were inconstancy. Change
- Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure. All
- Life is an incurable disease. Disease
- Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last. Always Last
- Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure. All
- This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high. Contempt
- A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to… All
- Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific. Dreary
- His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right Faith
- The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking… Constant
- For why / Should every creature drink but I, / Why, man of morals, tell me why? Creature
- The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy Changes
- A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But of all the pains, the greatest pain, it is… All