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
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.
faith exercise doubt
If thy faith have no doubts, thou has just cause to doubt thy faith; and if thy doubts have no hope, thou hast just reason to fear despair; when therefore thy doubts shall exercise thy faith, keep thy hopes firm to qualify thy doubts; so shall thy faith be secured from doubts; so shall thy doubts be preserved from despair.
english-poet
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
advantage danger english-poet fear fears gives prevent spur
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
english-poet sleeps
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
appear art author divinely eternal falsely great printed though writ
The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed in man's heart, 'Tis falsely printed, though divinely penned, And all the errata will appear at the end
silence purpose lasts
Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence.
long levels glory
No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.
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.