What did Abraham Cowley mean by: May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true. - Abraham Cowley Poet · England Copy
+ Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Hands, Stones, Strong, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Hope! fortune’s cheating lottery; when for one prize an hundred blanks there be! Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Cheating, Hope, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Abraham Cowley, Cain, Cities, Garden, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Much will always wanting beTo him who much desires. Feraz Zeid, June 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Abraham Cowley, Desire, 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
+ The present is an eternal now. Feraz Zeid, September 13, 2023December 26, 2023, Abraham Cowley, Eternal, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell? Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Smell, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
+ Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Abraham Cowley, Past, Time, 0 - Abraham Cowley Poet · England
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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
