Quotes by Edmund Waller

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions...

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The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in...

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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.

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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that...

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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.

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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they...

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Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of...

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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!

#Edmund Waller