What did Abraham Cowley mean by: Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb’d as Death, the Night. - Abraham Cowley Poet · England Copy
+ Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Fables, Fiction, Lying, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Encouragement, Hard Work, Spirit, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends. Feraz Zeid, July 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Abraham Cowley, Friendship, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ All this world’s noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy! Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Dull, Noise, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own? Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Age, Reputation, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Cures, Heal, Hope, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Company, Solitary, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Abraham Cowley, Curiosity, Devotion, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
