"And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage,……" — Francis Quarles
"And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age."
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Francis Quarles
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71 Quotes by Francis Quarles
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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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