135 Quotes by Abraham Cowley

Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.

Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.

The monster London laugh at me.

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.

Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!

Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.

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.

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!

Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.