"And he repents in thorns that sleeps in…" — Francis Quarles
"And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses."
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71 Quotes by Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles has 71 quotes on this site.
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The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
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Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives…
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Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred,…
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Let all thy joys be as the month of May,And all thy days be as a marriage day.
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Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
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Wickedness is its own punishment.
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If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.
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Physicians, of all men, are most happy; whatever good success soever they have, the world proclaimeth; and what faults they…
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As all things eternal and primordial reappear, so all things mortal return to the earth. Honor, old age, probity, justice,…
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He that gives all, though but little, gives much; because God looks not to the quantity of the gift, but…
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Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity.…
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Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both alike required;Our Gods forgotten,…
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With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of…
— Richard Branson
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We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner…
— Richard Branson
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Spring drew on... and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that hope traversed…
— Charlotte Bronte
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To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights "the servile…
— Dilys Laing
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We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand…
— George Orwell
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And I will make thee beds of roses, And a thousand fragrant posies.
— Marie Antoinette
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English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows,…
— Alan Coren
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To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole…
— Charles Dickens
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Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of…
— Elbert Hubbard
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God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired…
— Cynthia Rylant
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I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one…
— Jack Handey
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As we sit here and idly chat, there are woman, female human beings, rolling around in strange beds with strange…
— Henry Winkler
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