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.

Quote by Abraham Cowley

Topics: Love Quotes, Pain Quotes

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The...

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The...

For why / Should every creature drink but I, / Why, man of morals, tell...

For why / Should every creature drink but I, / Why, man of morals, tell...

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a...

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a...

Life is an incurable disease.

Life is an incurable disease.

The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy

The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy

Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.

Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.

Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific.

Love without passion is dreary; passion without love is horrific.

This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt...

This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt...

Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure.

Hope! of all ills that men endure, the only cheap and universal cure.

A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss;...

A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss;...

The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy.

The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy.

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

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

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Life is an incurable Disease

Life is an incurable Disease

Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.

Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.

Love ceases to be a demon only when it ceases to be a god

Love ceases to be a demon only when it ceases to be a god

As I sit I see a dove And think of our deep, dear true love...

As I sit I see a dove And think of our deep, dear true love...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing,...

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing,...