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Francis Quarles quotes: Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
Francis Quarles quotes: The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
Francis Quarles quotes: The road to perseverance lies by doubt. The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
Francis Quarles quotes: Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
Francis Quarles quotes: I see no virtue where I smell no sweat. I see no virtue where I smell no sweat.
Francis Quarles quotes: He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
Francis Quarles quotes: Whose gold is double with a careful hand, His cares are double. Whose gold is double with a careful hand, His cares are double.
Francis Quarles quotes: The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools. The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.
Francis Quarles quotes: God's pleasure is at the end of our prayers. God's pleasure is at the end of our prayers.
Francis Quarles quotes: Reason can discover things only near,sees nothing that's above her. Reason can discover things only near,
sees nothing that's above her.
Francis Quarles quotes: He that hath no cross deserves no crown. He that hath no cross deserves no crown.
Francis Quarles quotes: Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Francis Quarles quotes: The grave is sooner cloy'd than men's desire. The grave is sooner cloy'd than men's desire.
Francis Quarles quotes: Afflictions clarify the soul;And like hard masters, give more hard directions,Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections. Afflictions clarify the soul;
And like hard masters, give more hard directions,
Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.
Francis Quarles quotes: Let all thy joys be as the month of May. Let all thy joys be as the month of May.
Francis Quarles quotes: O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it,That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute? O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it,
That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute?
Francis Quarles quotes: Poor thieves in halters we behold;And great thieves in their chains of gold. Poor thieves in halters we behold;
And great thieves in their chains of gold.
Francis Quarles quotes: Heav'n is not always got by running. Heav'n is not always got by running.
Francis Quarles quotes: Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror. Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.
Francis Quarles quotes: Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us. Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.
Francis Quarles quotes: No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none. No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.
Francis Quarles quotes: Even such is man, whose glory lendsHis life a blaze or two, and ends. Even such is man, whose glory lendsHis life a blaze or two, and ends.
Francis Quarles quotes: To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying. To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
Francis Quarles quotes: The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest. The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest.
Francis Quarles quotes: Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys. Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
Francis Quarles quotes: The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere. The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.
Francis Quarles quotes: If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
Francis Quarles quotes: The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth. The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.
Francis Quarles quotes: The world's an Inn; and I her guest. The world's an Inn; and I her guest.
Francis Quarles quotes: Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation. Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.
Francis Quarles quotes: I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing. I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
Francis Quarles quotes: Afflictions clarify the soul. Afflictions clarify the soul.
Francis Quarles quotes: Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful. Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.
Francis Quarles quotes: A lamb appears a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear. A lamb appears a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear.
Francis Quarles quotes: False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight. False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.
Francis Quarles quotes: Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb. Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
Francis Quarles quotes: Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror. Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.
Francis Quarles quotes: The goods we spend we keep; and what we saveWe lose; and only what we lose we have. The goods we spend we keep; and what we save
We lose; and only what we lose we have.
Francis Quarles quotes: When two agree in their desire,One sparke will set them both on fire. When two agree in their desire,
One sparke will set them both on fire.
Francis Quarles quotes: Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths. Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.
Francis Quarles quotes: Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise. Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Francis Quarles quotes: Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. 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 quotes: And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Francis Quarles quotes: It is the lot of man but once to die. It is the lot of man but once to die.
Francis Quarles quotes: Death aims with fouler spiteAt fairer marks. Death aims with fouler spiteAt fairer marks.
Francis Quarles quotes: Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest. Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
Francis Quarles quotes: How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire? How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?
Francis Quarles quotes: With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge. With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge.
Francis Quarles quotes: He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers. He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but to the quality of the givers.
Francis Quarles quotes: The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown. The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
Francis Quarles quotes: Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
Francis Quarles quotes: Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice. Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.
Francis Quarles quotes: Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action. Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
Francis Quarles quotes: Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop. Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop.
Francis Quarles quotes: To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit. To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.
Francis Quarles quotes: My mind is my kingdom. My mind is my kingdom.
Francis Quarles quotes: It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well. It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.
Francis Quarles quotes: That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Francis Quarles quotes: Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings. Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.
Francis Quarles quotes: Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.
Francis Quarles quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot. Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.
Francis Quarles quotes: Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear? Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?
Francis Quarles quotes: Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast. Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.
Francis Quarles quotes: The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.
Francis Quarles quotes: Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it ... Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it ...
Francis Quarles quotes: The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God. The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.
Francis Quarles quotes: Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it. Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
Francis Quarles quotes: The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid,Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made. The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid,Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made.
Francis Quarles quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's. Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.
Francis Quarles quotes: My mind's my kingdom. My mind's my kingdom.
Francis Quarles quotes: Borrow neither money nor time from your neighbor; both are of equal value. Borrow neither money nor time from your neighbor; both are of equal value.
Francis Quarles quotes: The next way home's the farthest way about. The next way home's the farthest way about.
Francis Quarles quotes: The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
Francis Quarles quotes: What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay. What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.
Francis Quarles quotes: No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at. No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.
Francis Quarles quotes: If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal. If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.
Francis Quarles quotes: Let grace conduct thee to the paths of peace. Let grace conduct thee to the paths of peace.
Francis Quarles quotes: Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are goneLike twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne. Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are goneLike twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne.
Francis Quarles quotes: Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter. He never reaped comfort in adversity that sowed not in prosperity. Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter. He never reaped comfort in adversity that sowed not in prosperity.
Francis Quarles quotes: The world is deceitful; her end is doubtful, her conclusion is horrible, her judge terrible, and her judgment is intolerable. The world is deceitful; her end is doubtful, her conclusion is horrible, her judge terrible, and her judgment is intolerable.
Francis Quarles quotes: Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap. Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap.
Francis Quarles quotes: And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age.
Francis Quarles quotes: Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds. Nor fire, nor rocks, can stop our furious minds, Nor waves, nor winds.
Francis Quarles quotes: I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed. I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed.
Francis Quarles quotes: Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.' Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
Francis Quarles quotes: Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne. Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.
Francis Quarles quotes: Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Francis Quarles quotes: The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were. The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
Francis Quarles quotes: The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient. The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
Francis Quarles quotes: If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee. If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.
Francis Quarles quotes: Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Francis Quarles quotes: A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them. A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them.
Francis Quarles quotes: Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret. Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.
Francis Quarles quotes: What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold. What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.
Francis Quarles quotes: He that begins to live, begins to die. He that begins to live, begins to die.
Francis Quarles quotes: If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory. If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory.
Francis Quarles quotes: Wickedness is its own punishment. Wickedness is its own punishment.
Francis Quarles quotes: Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

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