Francis Quarles Quotes

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• The road to perseverance lies by doubt. Doubt
• Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride… Builds
• 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… Anger
• Let all thy joys be as the month of May,And all thy days be as a marriage day. All
• Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb. Deaf
• Wickedness is its own punishment. Inspirational
• If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter. Daughter
• Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they commit, the earth covereth. All
• As all things eternal and primordial reappear, so all things mortal return to the earth. Honor, old age, probity, justice, constance, virtue, and gentleness are… Age
• 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… All
• Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the… Applause
• Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both alike required;Our Gods forgotten, and our Souldiers slighted. Adore
• The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. Beauty
• Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather… Alone
• No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none. Alone
• Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue, then make the building as rich as glorious as thou canst; if the foundation be beauty or… Affection
• Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. Funny
• If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the… Body
• My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes; every day Speaks a… Act
• Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation. Business

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