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“Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.”
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“Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.”
Source : Abraham Cowley (2013). “Cowley's Essays”, p.114, Cambridge University Press
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“His time's forever, everywhere his place.”
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“Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.”
Source : Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”, p.11
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“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.”
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“Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!”
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“Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.”
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“Your birth may be common, But death must be history.”
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“The friendships of nations, built on common interests, cannot survive the mutability of those interests.”
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“Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment.”
