32 Quotations by Francis Quarles
- 21. Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten ...
- 22. Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bi ...
- 23. Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable ...
- 24. Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent c ...
- 25. Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety ...
- 26. That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
- 27. The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving ...
- 28. The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
- 29. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, ye ...
- 30. The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
- 31. Wickedness is its own punishment.
- 32. Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
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