The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy
Abraham Cowley
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 fresh and fair
earth fair drinking rain drink fresh plants drinks
His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right
life faith nice wrong
Life is an incurable disease
life disease
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 love, but love in vain.
pain vain love
nature
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
virtues solitude foolishness people world knowledge virtue vanity
I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
fate fear clouds today night sun
This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high
envy lie contempt
Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good!
good trees great
We may talk as we please of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles in fields of d'or or d'argent, but if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in the field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms
reason ancient noble talk lions arms
Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep'rate friends
danger friends extreme
Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make
curiosity devotion
May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
reading friendship gardening
What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own?
age inspirational
A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain.
vain unrequited-love
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