Music, the mosaic of the air.
—Andrew Marvell
Topics: One liners, Music
I am too conscious of mine own imperfections to rake into and dilate upon the failings of other men; and though I carry always some ill-nature about me, yet it is, I hope, no more than is in this world necessary for a preservative.
—Andrew Marvell
Two Paradises t’were in one, to live in Paradise alone.
—Andrew Marvell
Topics: Solitude, Paradise
The grave’s a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace.
—Andrew Marvell
Topics: Dying, Death
But at my back I always hear time’s winged chariot hurrying near.
—Andrew Marvell
Topics: Time, Adversity, Time Management
Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
—Andrew Marvell
Topics: Survival
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- Anne Bradstreet American Poet
- Edwin Arnold English Poet
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