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Francis Quarles
Profession : Poet
Birth : May 8, 1592
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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
Francis Quarles
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Francis Quarles
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Francis Quarles
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
Francis Quarles
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Francis Quarles
Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
Francis Quarles
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Francis Quarles
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
Francis Quarles
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
Francis Quarles
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
Francis Quarles
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Francis Quarles
He that hath no cross deserves no crown.
Francis Quarles
No cross no crown.
Francis Quarles
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Francis Quarles
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Francis Quarles
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
Francis Quarles
Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
Francis Quarles
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
Francis Quarles
Wickedness is its own punishment.
Francis Quarles
The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
Francis Quarles
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