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
blessing doe action
That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving to God for its success.
humility voice silence
The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.
graves having-patience inferiors
If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.
mercy turns
Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.
peace peacemaker conqueror
Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.
hands mouths
Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand, and a closed mouth.
thrones tubs found
Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.
wise humble views
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.
rocks sea soul
My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts; O keep aloof; there's danger; Cast forth thy plummet; see, a rock appears; Thy ships want sea-room; make it with thy tears.
guests world inns
The world's an Inn; and I her guest.
wise human-nature orthodox
Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
sin finished
Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
possession goods loses
The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have.
reason
Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.