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Letter "E" » Edmund Waller Quotes
«That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot»
«The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«Virtue's stronger guard than brass.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«In other things the knowing artist may, Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use), If you approve it not, has no excuse.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
«All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.»
Author: Edmund Waller
(Poet)
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