Best Francis Quarles Quotes
- He that hath no cross deserves no crown. Cross
- If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thine injustice. He that confesses his sin, begins his journey toward salvation. He that is sorry for it, mends… Acknowledge
- I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing. Much
- Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that… All
- He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. Hat
- Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it. Any
- Afflictions clarify the soul. Affliction
- Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings. Bee
- The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown. Bed
- Heav'n is not always got by running. Always Got
- Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's. God
- Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest… Believest
- The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God. All
- I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some with honey. Fear not to approach! there are no wasps,… Any
- And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. Age
- Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear? Appear
- What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold. All
- Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror. Conqueror
- Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us. Beyond
- Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience… Action
- Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin. Begets
- He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to… Desire
- See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this… Beneath
- 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.… Abuse
- 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… Beloved
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