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.

Quote by Abraham Cowley

Topics: Drink Quotes

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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 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.

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;...

Life is an incurable disease.

Life is an incurable disease.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Life is an incurable Disease

Life is an incurable Disease

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;...

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...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living...

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.