Edmund Waller Quotes

English - Poet | March 3, 1606 - October 21, 1687

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

Edmund Waller

TakeMustWhoseWriterVulgarMould

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

Edmund Waller

CircleRoundPraisedExactlyAbound

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.

Edmund Waller

LoveGodManThoughtHeOnce

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

Edmund Waller

CalmQuietMoreWindsGivePassions

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

Edmund Waller

SeekMarbleMustComePoetsLasting

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.

Edmund Waller

TimeMeRoseSweetGoNow

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.

Edmund Waller

GoodSunMeRestCompassFair

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Edmund Waller

ValueHumanHangThingsStrings

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Edmund Waller

MenWeaknessStrongerWiserBecome

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

Edmund Waller

FearHellToo MuchInterestMuch

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