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
perseverance lying doubt
The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
death lying long
To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
lying shadow may
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.
lying crowns down-and
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
sweet lying book
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.
silence purpose lasts
Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence.
english-poet
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
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.
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
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.
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.