| 19 Famous Quotes by Francis Quarles
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“Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted”
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“The next way home's the farthest way about.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. IV, em. 2, ep. 2)
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“A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. IV, em. 2, ep. 2)
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“He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. IV, em. 2, ep. 2)
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“That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. IV, em. 2, ep. 2)
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“While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the
opportunity is lost.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. IV, em. 2, ep. 2)
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“See, here's a shadow found; the human nature
Is made th' umbrella to the Deity,
To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator;
Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.”
Umbrellas Quotes Source: Emblems, bk. IV, 14
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“Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey
in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.”
Luxury Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. I, Hugo)
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“What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold!
Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.”
Mammon Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. II, emblem V)
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“Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success
soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they
commit, the earth covereth.”
Medicine Quotes Source: Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man
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“Is not this lily pure?
What fuller can procure
A white so perfect, spotless clear
As in this flower doth appear?”
Lilies Quotes Source: The School of the Heart--Ode XXX (st. 4)
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“The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not
sufficient.”
Merit Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. II, em. 1)
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“Our God and soldier we alike adore,
When at the brink of ruin, not before;
After deliverance both alike requited,
Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.”
Forgetfulness Quotes Source: Epigram
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“'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Her better eye, the farther off we go,
The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.”
Mercy Quotes Source: Emblems (bk. III, emblem XVI)
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“Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.”
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“The road to perseverance lies by doubt.”
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“Feast of Luke the Evangelist He is my Altar, I His holy place; I am His guest, and He my living food; I'm His by penitence, He is mine by grace; I'm His by purchase, He is mine by blood; He's my supporting elm, and I His vine: Thus I my Best-beloved's am; thus He is mine.”
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“Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.".”
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“Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.”
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Francis Quarles Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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