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.
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.
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.
wise silence desire
If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
prayer pleasure ends
God's pleasure is at the end of our prayers.
pride justice beloved
Virtue is nothing but an act of loving that which is to be beloved, and that act is prudence, from whence not to be removed by constraint is fortitude; not to be allured by enticements is temperance; not to be diverted by pride is justice.