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
meditation soul honor
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
reading writing wish
I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
sweet lying book
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 than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.
perseverance lying doubt
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
humility virtue reason
Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.
love god heart
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 but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
giving generosity quality
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 givers.
friendship genuine-friends literature
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
charity
The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.
anger power long
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. Abused patience turns to fury.
vanity too-much abstinence
Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.
exercise soul sound-body
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 soul; fasting cleanses both.
love heart literature
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
average ears reputation
The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.