Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarleswas an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 May 1592
happiness long enough
It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.
mercy turns
Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.
character house heaven
The World's a Printing-House, our words, our thoughts, Our deeds, are characters of several sizes. Each soul is a Compos'tor, of whose faults The Levites are Correctors; Heaven Revises. Death is the common Press, from whence being driven, We're gather'd, Sheet by Sheet, and bound for Heaven.
light use crowns
If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown.
mother daughter son
If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.
punishment wickedness
Wickedness is its own punishment.
mother believe humble
Thy ignorance in unrevealed mysteries is the mother of a saving faith, and thy understanding in revealed truths is the mother of a sacred knowledge; understand not therefore that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand; understanding is the wages of a lively faith and faith is the reward of an humble ignorance.
sweet sleep bed-of-roses
Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
men self sea
Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.
hate grief men
No man's condition is so base as his; None more accurs'd than he; for man esteems Him hateful, 'cause he seems not what he is; God hates him, 'cause he is not what he seems; What grief is absent, or what mischief can Be added to the hate of God and man?
fear bears lambs
A lamb appears a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear.
government nero kingdoms
Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper it. Had Nero tuned his kingdom as he did his harp, his harmony had been more honorable, and his reign more prosperous.
dresses language injury
Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
love charity faith-in-god
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.