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
Francis Quarles quotes about
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.
lust vices spurs
Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop.
spurs anticipation danger
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it...
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The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
english-poet sleeps
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
cross crown
He that has no cross will have no crown
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.