All Francis Quarles Quotes
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.
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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.
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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.
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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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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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Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."
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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
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