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Abraham Cowley Quotes about Life

Life is an incurable disease.

Life is an incurable disease.

"To Dr. Scarborough" l. 111 (1656)

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.

Abraham Cowley, Thomas Sprat (1707). “The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley ...: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed; and Those which He Design'd for the Press, Publish'd Out of the Author's Original Copies. With The Cutter of Coleman-street”, p.55

His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.

Abraham Cowley (1772). “Select works of mr. A. Cowley [ed. by R. Hurd].”, p.134

Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.

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”

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

Abraham Cowley, Thomas Sprat (1826). “Prose works of Abraham Cowley ; including his essays in prose and verse”, p.134