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
friendship genuine-friends literature
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
humility virtue reason
Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason.
dresses language injury
Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
wise philosophy book
God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all others. If thou read with understanding, it will make thee a great master of philosophy, and a true servant of the divine Author: if thou but barely read, it will make thee thine own wise man and the Author's fool.
real grief men
For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood; What bitter pills, Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down to purchase one false good!
pain self immortal-life
Immortal life is something to be earned, By slow self-conquest, comradeship with Pain, And patient seeking after higher truths.
hands gold care
Whose gold is double with a careful hand, His cares are double.
religious action obedience
Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions.
hatred scandal ruins
Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.
strong men giving
The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest.
heart evil despair
A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them.
kings obedience highways
Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.
humility pride light
The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.
home heart secret
If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction: make use of both; so shalt thou distil honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend.