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
friendship genuine-friends literature
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
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.
fear heart literature
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
clothes literature care
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
heaven literature tongue
Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
fear literature action
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
wisdom literature cards
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
men literature dies
It is the lot of man but once to die.
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.